1989

In February and March, Mailer attends meetings and writes statements in support of Salman Rushdie.

On 11 October, he receives the Emerson-Thoreau Medal for distinguished achievement in literature from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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  Helen Vendler, NM, Leo L. Beranek, 1989. Photo by Ivan Massar.
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  NM and Castro in 1989. Photo by Lawrence Schiller.