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::::::::::::::::::::March 17, 1964 | ::::::::::::::::::::March 17, 1964 | ||
Dear Marty,<ref> | Dear Marty,<ref>Editor-in-chief of ''The New Republic'', [[w:Martin Peretz|Martin Peretz]] was a professor at Harvard when Mailer met him in the early 1960s.</ref> | ||
Thanks for your letter. I’m not sure I’m going to go into a ski cabin next year, for it proved expensive, and full of headaches this season. | Thanks for your letter. I’m not sure I’m going to go into a ski cabin next year, for it proved expensive, and full of headaches this season. | ||
I still have my nose deep in the serial and I’m not sure I ever want to write a novel this way again. For cumulative fatigue may get in the way of finishing the book properly. I hope not, I think I still haven’t lost the book, but I’m feeling wrung out, dull, and smoking too many cigarettes these days. Forgive the lugubrious tone—I think I’m still recovering from the Clay-Liston fight. One of my secret dreams was to see Patterson and Liston have a great third fight. | I still have my nose deep in the serial and I’m not sure I ever want to write a novel this way again. For cumulative fatigue may get in the way of finishing the book properly. I hope not, I think I still haven’t lost the book, but I’m feeling wrung out, dull, and smoking too many cigarettes these days. Forgive the lugubrious tone—I think I’m still recovering from the Clay-Liston fight.<ref>Mailer watched Cassius Clay, now known as [[w:Muhammad Ali|Muhammad Ali]], defeat [[w:Sonny Liston|Sonny Liston]] for the heavyweight championship in Miami on 25 February 1964.</ref> One of my secret dreams was to see [[w:Floyd Patterson|Patterson]] and Liston have a great third fight. | ||
::::::::::::::::::::Best for now,<br /> | |||
::::::::::::::::::::Norman | |||
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