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Letter to the editor of ''Monocle Magazine'', reprinted, with an introduction by [[w:Marvin Kitman|Marvin Kitman]], in ''The Antioch Review'', spring 1971, 92. {{NM}}, along with 14 others (including [[w:Julian Bond|Julian Bond]], [[w:Willie Morris|Willie Morris]], [[w:Russell Baker|Russell Baker]], [[w:Dwight Macdonald|Dwight Macdonald]], and [[w:Seymour Krim|Seymour Krim]]) writes in response to the question, “Why did you (or did you not) sell out?” Mailer, whose invitation to respond was mailed to Normal Mailer, answers as follows:

{{cquote|As you all know, I am Ironsides the old incorruptible, and, so unlike the other names on your list, for the most part well-chosen. I, Kid Integrity, have only been tempted to sell out when wise-ass crypto-faggot types in the mailing office of magazines like ''Monocle'' spell my name Normal Mailer. The name is Normal Manner, you dolts. Cheers, Himself. P.S. Why don’t you change your name from ''Monocle'' to ''Doughnut''?}}