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We are most grateful to our benefactors, who continue to play a major role in sustaining the work of ''The Mailer Review''. And we very much appreciate the unwavering support that we receive from The [[Norman Mailer Society]] and, of course, our readers. It is because of you that we are now in our ninth year of existence. We plan to continue to march on and do as much as we can to nourish and promote the work and life of Norman Mailer. | We are most grateful to our benefactors, who continue to play a major role in sustaining the work of ''The Mailer Review''. And we very much appreciate the unwavering support that we receive from The [[Norman Mailer Society]] and, of course, our readers. It is because of you that we are now in our ninth year of existence. We plan to continue to march on and do as much as we can to nourish and promote the work and life of Norman Mailer. | ||
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[[File:Martinson.jpeg|thumb|Photo by [[Gerald R. Lucas]]]] | [[File:Martinson.jpeg|thumb|Photo by [[Gerald R. Lucas]]]] | ||
It is with great sadness that I note the passing of Deborah Martinson. Deb, as she liked to be called, was a Mailer scholar, Board Member of The Norman Mailer Society, Mailer conference organizer (multiple times), and a dear friend to so many members of the Mailer Society. Deb left us on April 26, 2014, her life cut short by cancer. Deb was a noble warrior in so many areas of her life, and she fought this battle, like all her battles, with courage and tenacity. I was very fortunate to have known Deb personally and from the first time that I met her I was immediately made aware that she was someone to be reckoned with — and she was a staunch friend to those whom she respected. Deb was a well known feminist scholar, having authored a biography of Lillian Hellman, in addition to numerous other scholarly works, and her wide-reaching research was deeply enriched by her feminist approach, which was exceptionally rigorous, objective, and superbly analytical. And she was poignantly articulate, as her readers commonly observed. As Mike Lennon has remarked, “Deb brought energy and wit to our conferences, as well as the savvy of a master biographer. An ardent feminist, she was also a great humanist and saw through the facile notions of Mailer that some early feminists had of him. She certainly helped me get the right perspective for my Mailer biography.” These words go to the essence of Deb’s character. | It is with great sadness that I note the passing of Deborah Martinson. Deb, as she liked to be called, was a Mailer scholar, Board Member of The Norman Mailer Society, Mailer conference organizer (multiple times), and a dear friend to so many members of the Mailer Society. Deb left us on April 26, 2014, her life cut short by cancer. Deb was a noble warrior in so many areas of her life, and she fought this battle, like all her battles, with courage and tenacity. I was very fortunate to have known Deb personally and from the first time that I met her I was immediately made aware that she was someone to be reckoned with — and she was a staunch friend to those whom she respected. Deb was a well known feminist scholar, having authored a biography of Lillian Hellman, in addition to numerous other scholarly works, and her wide-reaching research was deeply enriched by her feminist approach, which was exceptionally rigorous, objective, and superbly analytical. And she was poignantly articulate, as her readers commonly observed. As Mike Lennon has remarked, “Deb brought energy and wit to our conferences, as well as the savvy of a master biographer. An ardent feminist, she was also a great humanist and saw through the facile notions of Mailer that some early feminists had of him. She certainly helped me get the right perspective for my Mailer biography.” These words go to the essence of Deb’s character. | ||
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