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“Norman Mailer on Wives, Women, Books.” Article-interview by Marian Christy. Boston Sunday Globe, 7 December, Sec. A, pp. 8, 16. Mailer talks about elegance, his ex-wives and children, the discipline of writing and his talent: “What I’m concerned about is my talent becoming larger or smaller. I’m as obsessed with that as a fashion model is about the dimensions of her waist.”