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 Our editorial staff includes extraordinarily talented and dedicated veteran and emerging scholars: Associate Editor [[Gerald Lucas]], Assistant Editors [[Raymond Vince]] and [[Constance E. Holmes|Constance Holmes]], English staff Deedra Hickman and Daniel Kanouff. A special nod to [[Carol Holmes]] for her sharp eye. Further, there are numerous Society members who graciously offered their wise counsel: U.S. Congressman [[Neil Abercrombie]], [[Allen Ahearn|Allen]] and [[Patricia Ahearn|Pat Ahearn]], [[Bob Begiebing]], [[Philip Bufithis]], [[Chris Busa]], Tara Carlin, [[Barry Leeds]], [[Don Kaufmann]], [[Lawrence Schiller|Larry Schiller]], [[Barbara Mailer Wasserman]], [[John Whalen-Bridge]], and many others.
+It is with great sadness that we observe the recent passing of [[Robert F. Lucid]] ({{daterange|1930|2006}}), a dear friend to so many Mailer enthusiasts, colleagues, and the students he so loved for so long. The Inaugural Issue of the ''Review'' is dedicated to Bob Lucid. When I last spoke to him in October of {{date|2006}} at the Mailer Symposium at the University of Texas Ransom Center, he said that he had high hopes for the success of the ''Review'' and he enthusiastically agreed to let us publish an{{pg|5|6}}excerpt from his unfinished, authorized biography of Mailer, which appears in this issue.
 [[File:Lennon Lucid 2004.jpeg|thumb|500px|Mike Lennon and Robert Lucid at the Mailer Society Conference, 2004.]]
+A professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania for decades, Bob Lucid, often referred to as the Dean of Mailer Studies, was a leading Mailer scholar and critic and was a close friend of Mailer’s for nearly fifty years. Lucid has written numerous essays and reviews on Mailer and his work and has edited two pioneering collections: ''Norman Mailer: The Man and His Work'' ({{date|1971}}), and ''The Long Patrol: 25 Years of Writing from the Work of Norman Mailer'' ({{date|1971}}), which includes selections from thirteen of Mailer’s books. Friend and mentor to many in [[PM:NMS|The Mailer Society]], he was one of its founders and served on the Society’s Board of Directors. The Robert F. Lucid Award for Mailer Studies was created in his honor by the Society in {{date|2003}}. I will sorely miss his sparkling intelligence, wit, and insight into the complex world of letters and cultural phenomena.
-It is with great sadness that we observe the recent passing of [[Robert F. Lucid]] (1930–2006), a dear friend to so many Mailer enthusiasts, colleagues, and the students he so loved for so long. The Inaugural Issue of the ''Review'' is dedicated to Bob Lucid. When I last spoke to him in October of 2006 at the Mailer Symposium at the University of Texas Ransom Center, he said that he had high hopes for the success of the ''Review'' and he enthusiastically agreed to let us publish an excerpt from his unfinished, authorized biography of Mailer, which appears in this issue.
-A professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania for decades, Bob Lucid, often referred to as the Dean of Mailer Studies, was a leading Mailer scholar and critic and was a close friend of Mailer’s for nearly fifty years. Lucid has written numerous essays and reviews on Mailer and his work and has edited two pioneering collections: ''Norman Mailer: The Man and His Work'' (1971), and ''The Long Patrol: 25 Years of Writing from the Work of Norman Mailer'' (1971), which includes selections from thirteen of Mailer’s books. Friend and mentor to many in The Mailer Society, he was one of its founders and served on the Society’s Board of Directors. The Robert F. Lucid Award for Mailer Studies was created in his honor by the Society in 2003. I will sorely miss his sparkling intelligence, wit, and insight into the complex world of letters and cultural phenomena.
 These thoughts are titled “reflections” because I hope to use this column as a critical means of connecting with you, whether you are a casual reader interested in moments and movements in contemporary literature or a dedicated scholar exploring the complex dimensions of Norman Mailer’s life and works. The ''raison d’être'' for the ''Review'' is to provide a vehicle for the dissemination of new, insightful thinking employing a range of interpretative strategies. By no means will the ''Review'' be restricted to scholarly investigations, although scholarly research will always be valued by the Editors and the Editorial Board. There is room in the ''Review'' for interdisciplinary and intercultural approaches to any aspect of Mailer Studies, including creative work in the form of prose narrative, poetry, and drama. Norman Mailer’s work in cinema, as the director of four films and the inspiration for many more, is a natural stimulus for film interpretation and exploration to grace these pages. We encourage manuscripts of all types and each one will receive a careful evaluation by our editorial staff.