76.19

“Mailer’s Poetry Reading at the Y Rated A for Effort, X for Content.” Article by Israel Shenker. New York Times, 14 December, 24. Report, with brief quotations, of a Mailer reading at New York’s 92nd Street Y.M.-Y.W.H.A., where he read from Deaths for the Ladies (and Other Disasters) (62.3) and other works, including his novel-in-progress (83.18).