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Welcome to Project Mailer, the Digital Humanities initiative of the Norman Mailer Society.
This website serves as a hub for the digital endeavors of the Norman Mailer Society. It features an overview of projects — both analog and digital — undertaken by the Society's members that help to support and maintain the legacy of Norman Mailer.
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Norman Mailer: Works and Days is our premiere digital project based on the book by J. Michael Lennon and Donna Pedro Lennon and edited by Gerald R. Lucas. It contains almost 1400 cross-referenced entries, images, and many full-text articles.
The Mailer Review, the official journal of the Norman Mailer Society, publishes articles, notes, creative works, interviews, cultural/biographical commentary, images, and book reviews relevant to the life and work of Norman Mailer.
The Structured Vision of Norman Mailer by Barry H. Leeds was published in 1969 and explores Norman Mailer’s major writing through the sixties. We present the full text of Leeds’ study in a new digital form.
This collection, assembled by J. Michael Lennon, features full-text introductions, prefaces, and forewords by Norman Mailer, including those to the works of Jean Malaquais, Abbie, Hoffman, Harold Conrad, Eugene Kennedy, and Charles Rembar.
An American Dream Expanded features letters, full-text criticism, essays, and more that contextualizes and expands study of AAD. This project will be developed by Jerry Lucas and his graduate students in NMAC 5108, spring 2019.
Coming Soon — A digital version of Lipton’s Journal: Mailer’s experimental journal from the late-50’s, edited by J. Michael Lennon and Susan Mailer.
Hosted by Justin Bozung and published twice monthly, The Norman Mailer Society Podcast highlights the people and projects that promote the legacy of Norman Mailer.
Visit the official web site of the Norman Mailer Society to join the Society, read news, see updates, and get all the current information about our annual conference.
About Us
- 03/12/19: Works has been posted through the 1990s, including some full-text additions, like Christopher Busa’s 1999 interview.
- 03/09/19: Works has been posted through the 1980s, including some full-text additions.
- 03/08/19: Frank D. McConnell’s chapter “Norman Mailer and the Cutting Edge of Style” from his 1977 study Four Postwar American Novelists: Bellow, Mailer, Barth, and Pynchon has been posted.
- 03/03/19: Work will soon begin on An American Dream Expanded. If you’re interested in helping out, see the project outline and discussion page.
- 02/25/19: Some work has been done on The Mailer Review, volume 5, including excerpts from Norris Church Mailer’s A Ticket to the Circus. Work continues on porting other volumes from Medium.
- 02/19/19: The complete inaugural volume of The Mailer Review has been posted. Work continues on the rest of the volumes.
- 02/10/19: Our contributors are growing as The Mailer Review Vol. 1 gets ported. Check out today’s updates from Mike Lennon and Donald Kaufmann. Check back daily for more updates and improvements.
- 02/03/19: Our first digital book, Barry H. Leeds’ 1969 study The Structured Vision of Norman Mailer has just been published to the site. It features the complete text of the book, including bibliography and dust jacket notes.
Robert J. Begiebing • Justin Bozung • Philip Bufithis • Christopher Busa • Morris Dickstein • Donald L. Kaufmann • J. Michael Lennon • Barry H. Leeds • Gerald R. Lucas • Robert F. Lucid • John Buffalo Mailer • Norris Church Mailer • Susan Mailer • Frank D. McConnell • Maggie McKinley • Phillip Sipiora • Richard Stratton • Barbara Mailer Wasserman
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By purchasing books through the links on this site, you support the Norman Mailer Society and Project Mailer. Please also consider joining or donating to the Norman Mailer Society. And follow the Society on Twitter.
