1957

Danielle born to Adele 16 March.

The White Negro (59.8a), which has its origins in “Lipton’s” and is one of the most celebrated postwar essays by an American, is published in the summer number of Dissent.

Completes work on the first draft of a dramatic version of The Deer Park.

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  Beatnik Mailer in 1958.

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  Adele in 1957.

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  Mailer as hipster, with Adele, his second wife. (AP/Wide World Photos)

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  Mailer and Danielle, his second daughter in 1957. Photo by Dan Rosenblatt.