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{{Large|17th Annual Norman Mailer Conference<br/> | __NOTOC__{{Large|17th Annual Norman Mailer Conference<br/> | ||
''Mailer on Politics, Public Life, and Pop Culture''<br/> | ''Mailer on Politics, Public Life, and Pop Culture''<br/> | ||
Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA<br/> | Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA<br/> | ||
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==THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10th== | ==THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10th== | ||
===9:00-10:00=== | ===9:00-10:00=== | ||
====Business Meeting (Breiseth 107) | ====Business Meeting==== | ||
(Breiseth 107) | |||
# Announcements: [[Maggie McKinley]] | |||
# ''[[Mailer Review]]'': [[Phillip Sipiora]] | |||
# Board Nominations: [[Jerry Lucas]] | |||
# Lucid Award Committee: [[Nicole DePolo]] | |||
# Treasurer’s Report: [[Jason Mosser]] | |||
# 2019 Conference Site: [[Maggie McKinley ]] | |||
# New Business | |||
===10:15-11:15=== | ===10:15-11:15=== | ||
====The Politics of American Democracy==== | ====The Politics of American Democracy==== | ||
(Breiseth 106) | |||
* [[Bob Begiebing]], “Mailer and the Founders” | * [[Bob Begiebing]], “Mailer and the Founders” | ||
* Robert Saxe, | * [[Robert Saxe]], {{" '}}A Little Better Than They Should Have Been’: Norman Mailer and the Romance of the Kennedys” | ||
* Alex Hicks, “Norman Mailer, White Working Class Male and ‘Left | * [[Alex Hicks]], “Norman Mailer, White Working Class Male and ‘Left Conservatism{{' "}} | ||
* Moderator: [[Nicole DePolo]] | * Moderator: [[Nicole DePolo]] | ||
===11:30-12:30=== | ===11:30-12:30=== | ||
====Session #1: Mailer in the Public Eye==== | ====Session #1: Mailer in the Public Eye==== | ||
(Breiseth 107) | |||
* [[Matthew Hinton]], “The Pugilist vs. The Publisher: Norman Mailer Takes On” | * [[Matthew Hinton]], “The Pugilist vs. The Publisher: Norman Mailer Takes On” | ||
* Chondell Villines, “Mailer and Celebrity” | * [[Chondell Villines]], “Mailer and Celebrity” | ||
* Bill | * [[Bill Lowenburg]], “Mailer: A Life in Pictures” | ||
* Moderator: Robert Saxe | * Moderator: [[Robert Saxe]] | ||
====Session #2: Philosophical Foundations & Political Connections==== | ====Session #2: Philosophical Foundations & Political Connections==== | ||
* Raj Chandarlapaty, “The Hipster” | (Breiseth 106) | ||
* Ann von Mehren, “''Armies of the Night'', Mitch Goodman, and the CPA” | * [[Raj Chandarlapaty]], “The Hipster” | ||
* Moderator: [[Jerry Lucas]] | * [[Alex Hicks]], “Mailer’s Marxist Politics” | ||
* [[Ann von Mehren]], “''Armies of the Night'', Mitch Goodman, and the CPA” | |||
* Moderator: [[Jerry Lucas]] | |||
===12:30-1:45=== | ===12:30-1:45=== | ||
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===2:00-3:00=== | ===2:00-3:00=== | ||
====Session #1: Mailer and Journalism==== | ====Session #1: Mailer and Journalism==== | ||
(Breiseth 107) | |||
* [[Jason Mosser]], “Mailer’s Literary Journalism in Context” | * [[Jason Mosser]], “Mailer’s Literary Journalism in Context” | ||
* Sal Fallica, “In the Red Light: History Biding Its Time” | * [[Sal Fallica]], “In the Red Light: History Biding Its Time” | ||
* [[Victor Peppard]], “Mailer and Breslin: Champions of the Little Man and the Outlaw” | * [[Victor Peppard]], “Mailer and Breslin: Champions of the Little Man and the Outlaw” | ||
* Moderator: [[Phil Sipiora]] | * Moderator: [[Phil Sipiora]] | ||
====Session #2: ''Of a Fire on the Moon'' After 50 Years==== | ====Session #2: ''Of a Fire on the Moon'' After 50 Years==== | ||
* Carol Holmes | (Breiseth 106) | ||
* Walter Lewallen, “That Sinking Feeling” | * [[Carol Holmes Alpern]], “''Of a Fire on the Moon'': A Retrospective” | ||
* Moderator: Enid Stubin | * [[Walter Lewallen]], “That Sinking Feeling” | ||
* Moderator: [[Enid Stubin]] | |||
===3:15-4:15=== | ===3:15-4:15=== | ||
====Current Mailer Projects==== | ====Current Mailer Projects==== | ||
[[Mike Lennon]]; Jerry Lucas; [[Susan Mailer]]; [[Maggie McKinley]] | (Breiseth 106) | ||
[[Mike Lennon]]; [[Jerry Lucas]]; [[Susan Mailer]]; [[Maggie McKinley]] | |||
===4:30-5:30=== | ===4:30-5:30=== | ||
====Book Reading==== | ====Book Reading==== | ||
Susan Mailer, ''In Another Place'' (Breiseth 107). Book Signing to Follow in Weckesser Hall at Opening Reception. | [[Susan Mailer]], ''In Another Place'' (Breiseth 107). Book Signing to Follow in Weckesser Hall at Opening Reception. | ||
===5:45-7:00=== | ===5:45-7:00=== | ||
====Opening Reception (Weckesser Hall) | ====Opening Reception==== | ||
(Weckesser Hall) | |||
Sponsored by Wilkes Maslow Family Creative Writing Program and the University Advancement Office | Sponsored by Wilkes Maslow Family Creative Writing Program and the University Advancement Office | ||
===7:00-8:00=== | ===7:00-8:00=== | ||
====Tour of Mailer Reading Room and Collection==== | ====Tour of Mailer Reading Room and Collection==== | ||
Dedication of Nancy Ellen Craig’s Mailer Portrait | (Farley Library, 2nd Floor) | ||
Dedication of Nancy Ellen Craig’s Mailer Portrait | |||
====Dinner on your own==== | ====Dinner on your own==== | ||
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===9:00-10:00=== | ===9:00-10:00=== | ||
====Mailer and McLuhan==== | ====Mailer and McLuhan==== | ||
Nicole DePolo; Jerry Lucas; Sal Fallica | (Breiseth 106) | ||
[[Nicole DePolo]]; [[Jerry Lucas]]; [[Sal Fallica]] | |||
===10:15-11:15=== | ===10:15-11:15=== | ||
====Norman Mailer and the Actor’s Studio==== | ====Norman Mailer and the Actor’s Studio==== | ||
John Buffalo Mailer; Timothy Nolan; Mike Lennon | (Breiseth 107) | ||
[[John Buffalo Mailer]]; [[Timothy Nolan]]; [[Mike Lennon]] | |||
===11:30-12:30=== | ===11:30-12:30=== | ||
====Session #1: Mailer and Violence==== | ====Session #1: Mailer and Violence==== | ||
Mark Olshaker; Marc Triplett; Maggie McKinley | (Breiseth 106) | ||
[[Mark Olshaker]]; [[Marc Triplett]]; [[Maggie McKinley]] | |||
====Session #2: Mailer’s French Connection==== | ====Session #2: Mailer’s French Connection==== | ||
* Jeanne Fuchs, “Mailer in Translation” | (Breiseth 107) | ||
* Jason Mosser, “Mailer and Malaquais in Conversation” | * [[Jeanne Fuchs]], “Mailer in Translation” | ||
* Mike Lennon, “Mailer and Stendhal” | * [[Jason Mosser]], “Mailer and Malaquais in Conversation” | ||
* Moderator: Victor Peppard | * [[Mike Lennon]], “Mailer and Stendhal” | ||
* Moderator: [[Victor Peppard]] | |||
===12:30-1:45=== | ===12:30-1:45=== | ||
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===2:00-3:00=== | ===2:00-3:00=== | ||
====Session #1: ''Advertisements'' and Influences==== | ====Session #1: ''Advertisements'' and Influences==== | ||
* Enid Stubin, “''Advertisements for Myself'': Mailer’s | (Breiseth 106) | ||
* Ray Vince, “Angst, Authorship, and the Critics: ''Advertisements'', ‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro,’ and ‘The Crack-Up’” | * [[Enid Stubin]], “''Advertisements for Myself'': Mailer’s ''Workes''” | ||
* [[Ray Vince]], “Angst, Authorship, and the Critics: ''Advertisements'', ‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro,’ and ‘The Crack-Up’” | |||
* [[Erik Nakjavani]], “Limit Situations: A Recurring Theme in Hemingway’s and Mailer’s Works” | * [[Erik Nakjavani]], “Limit Situations: A Recurring Theme in Hemingway’s and Mailer’s Works” | ||
* Moderator: Jason Mosser | * Moderator: [[Jason Mosser]] | ||
====Session #2: '''Art and Criminality'''==== | ====Session #2: '''Art and Criminality'''==== | ||
* James Taylor, “Mailer and Jack Henry Abbott Revisited: Some Famous Writers and Their Convict Projects” | (Breiseth 107) | ||
* Phil Sipiora | * [[James Taylor]], “Mailer and Jack Henry Abbott Revisited: Some Famous Writers and Their Convict Projects” | ||
* Edward Birzin, “Mailer and ''The Faith of Graffiti''” | * [[Phil Sipiora]], “Literary Rhetoric in ''The Executioner’s Song''” | ||
* Moderator: Matthew Hinton | * [[Edward Birzin]], “Mailer and ''The Faith of Graffiti''” | ||
* Moderator: [[Matthew Hinton]] | |||
===3:45-4:45=== | ===3:45-4:45=== | ||
====''The Executioner’s Song'': A 40th Anniversary Panel Discussion==== | |||
(Breiseth 107) | |||
* Featured speaker [[Larry Schiller]] | |||
* Moderator: [[Mike Lennon]] | |||
===5:00-6:30=== | ===5:00-6:30=== | ||
Dinner on your own | ====Dinner on your own==== | ||
===7:00-9:00=== | ===7:00-9:00=== | ||
Screening of ''The Executioner’s Song'' | ====Screening of ''The Executioner’s Song''==== | ||
followed by Q&A with [[Larry Schiller]] (Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, South St.) | |||
==SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12th== | ==SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12th== | ||
===9:00-10:00=== | ===9:00-10:00=== | ||
====Undergraduate Work on Mailer==== | |||
(Breiseth 106) | |||
[[John Buffalo Mailer]] and [[Nicole DePolo]] | |||
===10:15-11:30=== | ===10:15-11:30=== | ||
====Two Films on Beverly Bentley==== | |||
(Breiseth 107) | |||
* Stephen Mailer’s “Flaubrucht: A Celebration of Life” | |||
* Antonia Colodro’s “Beverly” | |||
* Introduced by [[Stephen Mailer]] | |||
===11:45-12:45=== | ===11:45-12:45=== | ||
====Wilkes Readers’ Theater: ''The Time of Our Time''==== | |||
(Breiseth 106) | |||
[[Bonnie Culver]], [[Wendy Hinton]], [[Matthew Hinton]], [[Jason Miller]], and [[Jan Quackenbush]] | |||
===1:00-3:00=== | ===1:00-3:00=== | ||
====Luncheon & Keynote Address==== | |||
This year’s keynote address was funded by a generous donation from Mashey Bernstein. | [[Maggie Mailer]] (Henry Student Center Ballroom, 2nd Fl.) This year’s keynote address was funded by a generous donation from [[Mashey Bernstein]]. | ||
[[Category:2019 | [[Category:2019 Conference]] |