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'''Welcome to Project Mailer, the Digital Humanities initiative of the Norman Mailer Society.'''

This website serves as a hub for the digital endeavors of the [[Norman Mailer Society]]. It features an overview of projects — both analog and digital — undertaken by the Society's members that help to support and maintain the legacy of [[Norman Mailer]].

This collection, assembled by [[J. Michael Lennon]], features full-text [[:Category:Full Text Introductory|introductions, prefaces, and forewords]] by [[Norman Mailer]], including those to the works of Jean Malaquais, Abbie, Hoffman, Harold Conrad, Eugene Kennedy, and Charles Rembar.

[[An American Dream Expanded|''An American Dream'' Expanded]] features letters, full-text criticism, essays, and more that contextualizes and expands study of ''[[An American Dream|AAD]]''. This project will be developed by Jerry Lucas and his graduate students in [[grl:Writing and Publishing in Digital Environments, Spring 2019|NMAC 5108]], spring 2019.

'''Coming Soon''' — A digital version of ''Lipton’s Journal'': Mailer’s experimental journal from the late-50’s, edited by J. Michael Lennon and [[Susan Mailer]].

* '''03/09/19''': ''[[Norman Mailer: Works and Days|Works]]'' has been posted through the 1980s, including some full-text additions.

* '''03/08/19''': [[Frank D. McConnell]]’s chapter “[[Norman Mailer and the Cutting Edge of Style]]” from his 1977 study ''Four Postwar American Novelists: Bellow, Mailer, Barth, and Pynchon'' has been posted.

* '''03/03/19''': Work will soon begin on [[An American Dream Expanded|''An American Dream'' Expanded]]. If you’re interested in helping out, see the project [[Talk:An American Dream Expanded|outline and discussion page]].

* '''02/25/19''': Some work has been done on [[The Mailer Review, Volume 5, 2011|''The Mailer Review'', volume 5]], including excerpts from [[Norris Church Mailer]]’s ''[[From A Ticket to the Circus|A Ticket to the Circus]]''. Work continues on porting other volumes from Medium.

* '''02/19/19''': The complete inaugural volume of ''[[The Mailer Review, Volume 1, 2007|The Mailer Review]]'' has been posted. Work continues on the rest of the volumes.

* '''02/10/19''': Our [[:Category:Contributors|contributors]] are growing as ''[[The Mailer Review]]'' [[The Mailer Review, Volume 1, 2007|Vol. 1]] gets ported. Check out today’s updates from [[“A Series of Tragicomedies”: Mailer’s Letters on The Deer Park, 1954–55|Mike Lennon]] and [[An American Dream: The Singular Nightmare|Donald Kaufmann]]. Check back daily for more updates and improvements.

* '''02/03/19''': Our first digital book, [[Barry H. Leeds]]’ 1969 study ''[[The Structured Vision of Norman Mailer]]'' has just been published to the site. It features the complete text of the book, including bibliography and dust jacket notes.

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<div style="padding:0 0.4em 0 0.4em; text-align:center; font-size:small;">'''[[Norman Mailer]]'''<br />[[Robert J. Begiebing]] • [[Justin Bozung]] • [[Philip Bufithis]] • [[Morris Dickstein]] • [[Donald L. Kaufmann]] • [[J. Michael Lennon]] • [[Barry H. Leeds]] • [[Gerald R. Lucas]] • [[Robert F. Lucid]] • [[John Buffalo Mailer]] • [[Norris Church Mailer]] • [[Susan Mailer]] • [[Frank D. McConnell]] • [[Maggie McKinley]] • [[Phillip Sipiora]] • [[Richard Stratton]] • [[Barbara Mailer Wasserman]]</div>