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Thanks to all for making this conference a memorable one, with the highest attendance in several years (about 85), including several new young academics from around the country.

We had 32 panels/films/plays/papers, and a terrific, memorable keynote address by Kate Mailer. Also: A reading by biographer Kevin Schultz from his new book, ''Buckley and Mailer''; Ron Fried’s, “Two Mailers,” a moving-70 minute play (starring Ken Vose, Ross Klavan, and in her inaugural performance, [[Maggie McKinley]]); a brilliant marathon reading ''Tough Guys Don’t Dance'' directed by Ken Vose and Bonnie Culver, with several Society members playing roles; Chris Busa’s walking/driving tour of P-Town; and the screening, re-discovered (by Michael Chaiken), of a 1966 documentary of ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCp2fpnt004 Mailer in Provincetown]''. Plus, a bunch of great individual papers and panels. Seven members of the Mailer clan attended, a record, and all of them were on the program. Kate’s imitation of her father was deftly and humorously done with great élan. We taped it, and you will see it via Project Mailer.