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“One Woman’s View.” Article by Lorilee Howard. San Francisco Review of Books, May–June. Howard compares Mailer’s boisterous presentation at the Herbst Theater on 1 April with the appearance of Joan Didion a few years earlier, and quotes him on several topics, including Jack Abbott, celebrity, and Gore Vidal.