Norman Mailer’s Letters on An American Dream, 1963–1969: Difference between revisions

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| September 18, 1963 || [[Ambassador Gutierres-Olivos, September 18, 1963|Ambassador Gutierres-Olivos]] || Sergio Gutierrez-Olivos was the Chilean ambassador to the United States, 1963–1965.

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| October 15, 1963 || [[Andre Deutsch, October 15, 1963|Andre Deutsch]] || [[w:André Deutsch|Andre Deutsch]] ~~(1918–2000)~~ was the principal director of Andre Deutsch Limited, Mailer’s British publisher from 1959–1966.

| October 15, 1963 || [[Andre Deutsch, October 15, 1963|Andre Deutsch]] || [[w:André Deutsch|Andre Deutsch]] was the principal director of Andre Deutsch Limited, Mailer’s British publisher from 1959–1966.

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| October 15, 1963 || [[Alan Earney, October 15, 1963|Alan Earney]] || Alan Earney was an editor at Transworld Publishers Limited.

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| October 16, 1963 || [[Eiichi Yaminishi, October 16, 1963|Eiichi Yaminishi]] || Eiichi Yaminishi was {{NM}}’s longtime Japanese translator.

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| October 21, 1963 || [[Willie Morris, October 21, 1963|Willie Morris]] || Mailer met Morris ~~(1934-1999)~~ in New York after Morris became editor of ''Harper’s'' in 1963.

| October 21, 1963 || [[Willie Morris, October 21, 1963|Willie Morris]] || Mailer met Morris in New York after Morris became editor of ''Harper’s'' in 1963.

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| November 4, 1963 || [[Andre Deutsch, November 4, 1963|Andre Deutsch]] ||

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| December 20, 1963 || [[Rita Halle Kleeman, December 20, 1963|Rita Halle Kleeman]] || Kleeman was a staff member at P.E.N., the international writers organization.

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| January 15, 1964 || [[Don Carpenter, January 15, 1964|Don Carpenter]] ||Carpenter ~~(1931-1995)~~ was a west coast novelist who corresponded regularly with Mailer in the 1960s.

| January 15, 1964 || [[Don Carpenter, January 15, 1964|Don Carpenter]] || [[w:Don Carpenter|Carpenter]] was a west coast novelist who corresponded regularly with Mailer in the 1960s.

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| January 16, 1964 || [[Vance Bourjaily, January 16, 1964|Vance Bourjaily]] ||~~The novelst~~ Vance Bourjaily met Mailer ~~in New York~~ in 1951 ~~and introduced him to several writers~~.

| January 16, 1964 || [[Vance Bourjaily, January 16, 1964|Vance Bourjaily]] || [w:Vance Bourjaily|Bourjaily]], an American novelist, met Mailer in 1951.

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| January 17, 1964 || [[Eiichi Yamanishi, January 17, 1964|Eiichi Yamanishi]] ||

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| February 11, 1964 || [[Harvey Breit, February 11, 1964| Harvey Breit]] || Mailer became friendly with [[w:Harvey Breit|Harvey Breit]], a reporter and novelist who spent summers on Cape Cod.

| February 11, 1964 || [[Harvey Breit, February 11, 1964| Harvey Breit]] ||Mailer became friendly with Harvey Breit ~~(1909-1968)~~, a reporter and novelist who spent summers on Cape Cod.

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| February 17, 1964 || [[Mickey Knox, February 17, 1964|Mickey Knox]] ||~~Nothing came of the idea of having Orson Welles (1915-1984) play Henderson and Sonny Liston play Dahfu in a film version of Saul Bellow's ''Henderson in the Rain King'' (1959).~~

| February 17, 1964 || [[Mickey Knox, February 17, 1964|Mickey Knox]] ||

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| February 17, 1964 || [[Charles Schultz, February 17, 1964,|Charles Schultz]] ||Schultz was an official with the New York chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences who invited Mailer to take part in a forum discussion.

| February 17, 1964 || [[Charles Schultz, February 17, 1964,|Charles Schultz]] || Schultz was an official with the New York chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences who invited Mailer to take part in a forum discussion.

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| February 19, 1964 || [[Eiichi Yamanishi, February 19, 1964|Eiichi Yamanishi]] ||

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| March 16, 1964 || [[Vahan Gregory, March 16, 1964|Vahan Gregory]] ||~~The deadline for the sixth installment passed a week before Mailer wrote to~~ Gregory, a literary acquaintance.

| March 16, 1964 || [[Vahan Gregory, March 16, 1964|Vahan Gregory]] || Gregory was a literary acquaintance of Mailer’s.

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| March 17, 1964 || [[George Lea, March 17, 1964|George Lea]] ||George Lea was writer friend.

| March 17, 1964 || [[George Lea, March 17, 1964|George Lea]] || George Lea was writer friend.

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| March 17, 1964 || [[Martin Peretz, March 17, 1964|Martin Peretz]] || ~~Now~~ editor-in-chief of The New Republic, ~~Peretz (1939-) was a professor at Harvard when Mailer met him~~ in the early 1960s.

| March 17, 1964 || [[Martin Peretz, March 17, 1964|Martin Peretz]] || Mailer met Peretz, Harvard professor and editor-in-chief of ''The New Republic'', in the early 1960s.

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| April 16, 1964 || [[Andre Deutsch, April 16, 1964|Andre Deutsch]] ||

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| April 17, 1964 || [[Louis and Moos Mailer, April 17, 1964|Louis and Moos Mailer]] ||

| April 17, 1964 || [[Louis and Moos Mailer, April 17, 1964|Louis and Moos Mailer]] || Louis Mailer (his wife was Moos) was the brother of Mailer's father, Isaac Barnett “Barney” Mailer and lived in South Africa.

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| April 19, 1964 || [[Mickey Knox, April 19, 1964|Mickey Knox]] ||

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| July 5, 1964 || [[Diana Athill, July 5, 1964|Diana Athill]] ||

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| July 6, 1964 || [[Pete Hamill, July 6, 1964|Pete Hamill]] || Journalist and novelist, Pete Hamill had been a friend of Mailer since they met in Chicago in 1962.

| July 6, 1964 || [[Pete Hamill, July 6, 1964|Pete Hamill]] || Journalist and novelist, [[w:Pete Hamill|Pete Hamill]] had been a friend of Mailer since they met in Chicago in 1962.

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| July 7, 1964 || [[Eiichi Yamanishi, July 7, 1964|Eiichi Yamanishi]] ||

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| August 21, 1964 || [[Diana Athill, August 21, 1964|Diana Athill]] ||

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| September 29, 1964 || [[Robert F. Lucid, September 29, 1964|Robert F. Lucid]] || Longtime professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, Lucid was one of Mailer’s closest friends and his authorized biographer.

| September 29, 1964 || [[Robert F. Lucid, September 29, 1964|Robert F. Lucid]] || Longtime professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, [[Robert F. Lucid|Lucid]] was one of Mailer’s closest friends and his authorized biographer.

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| October 5, 1964 || [[Don Carpenter, October 5, 1964|Don Carpenter]] ||

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| November 4, 1964 || [[Andre Deutch, November 4, 1964|Andre Deutsch]] ||

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| December 15, 1964 || [[Ester Whitby, December 15, 1964|Ester Whitby]] ||

| December 15, 1964 || [[Ester Whitby, December 15, 1964|Ester Whitby]] || Esther Whitby was a Mailer fan.

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| December 18, 1964 || [[Arnold Kemp, December 18, 1964|Arnold Kemp]] || Kemp met Mailer in Bellevue Hospital where Mailer was under psychiatric observation after he stabbed Adele with a penknife on 20 September 1960.

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| February 25, 1965 || [[Diana Athill, February 25, 1965|Diana Athill]] ||

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| March 22, 1965 || [[Richard Kluger, March 22, 1965|Richard Kluger]] ||

| March 22, 1965 || [[Richard Kluger, March 22, 1965|Richard Kluger]] || [[w:Richard Kluger|Kluger]] was an editor at the literary supplement, ''Book Week''.

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| March 23, 1965 || [[Diana Athill, March 23, 1965|Diana Athill]] ||

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| March 23, 1965 || [[Alan Earney, March 23, 1965|Alan Earney]] ||

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| March 25, 1965 || [[Jason Epstein, March 25, 1965|Jason Epstein]] ||

| March 25, 1965 || [[Jason Epstein, March 25, 1965|Jason Epstein]] || [[w:Jason Epstein|Epstein]] was the longtime editorial director at Random House,

where he was Mailer’s editor.

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| March 25, 1965 || [[Don Carpenter, March 25, 1965|Don Carpenter]] ||

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| March 25, 1965 || [[Diana Trilling, March 25, 1965|Diana Trilling]] ||

| March 25, 1965 || [[Diana Trilling, March 25, 1965|Diana Trilling]] || [[w:Diana Trilling|Trilling]] was a literary critic and wife of the Columbia professor and man of letters, [[w:Lionel Trilling|Lionel Trilling]].

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| April 6, 1965 || [[Diana Trilling, April 6, 1965|Diana Trilling]] ||

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| April 20, 1965 || [[Donald Kaufmann, April 20, 1965| Donald Kaufmann]] ||

| April 20, 1965 || [[Donald Kaufmann, April 20, 1965| Donald Kaufmann]] || [[Donald L. Kaufmann|Kaufmann]] was a professor at the University of Alaska who became friendly with Mailer when he spoke at the University in 1965.

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| April 23, 1965 || [[John W. Aldridge, April 23, 1965| John W. Aldridge]] ||

| April 23, 1965 || [[John W. Aldridge, April 23, 1965| John W. Aldridge]] || [[w:John W. Aldridge|John W. Aldridge]] became friends with Mailer in 1951 shortly after Aldridge’s ''After the Lost Generation: A Study of Writers of Two Wars'' appeared earlier that year.

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| April 23, 1965 || [[Moos Mailer, April 23, 1965|Moos Mailer]] ||

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| June 8, 1965 || [[John W. Aldridge, June 8, 1965|John W. Aldridge]] ||

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| June 8, 1965 || [[John William Corrington, June 8, 1965|John William Corrington]] || Corrington wrote a favorable review of ~~the novel~~ in the ''Chicago Review'' ~~(No. 18)~~ 1965.

| June 8, 1965 || [[John William Corrington, June 8, 1965|John William Corrington]] || [[w:John William Corrington|Corrington]] wrote a favorable review of ''AAD'' in the ''Chicago Review'' in 1965.

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| June 8, 1965 || [[Roger Shattuck, June 8, 1965|Roger Shattuck]] ||

| June 8, 1965 || [[Roger Shattuck, June 8, 1965|Roger Shattuck]] || Mailer met [[w:Roger Shattuck|Roger Shattuck]], the art critic, in Brooklyn in the 1950s.

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| June 8, 1965 || [[Diana Trilling, June 8, 1965|Diana Trilling]] ||

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| August 26, 1965 || [[Irving J. Weiss, August 26, 1965|Irving J. Weiss]] || A literary host at a radio station in New York, Weiss sought Mailer’s involvement in a couple of literary projects.

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| February 28, 1966 || [[Lionel Abel, February 28, 1966|Lionel Abel]] || Abel ~~(1911-2001)~~ was a drama professor and critic who wrote for ''Partisan Review'' and moved in the same leftist intellectual circles as Mailer.

| February 28, 1966 || [[Lionel Abel, February 28, 1966|Lionel Abel]] || [[w:Lionel Abel|Abel]] was a drama professor and critic who wrote for ''Partisan Review'' and moved in the same leftist intellectual circles as Mailer.

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| March 24, 1966|| [[Mann Rubin, March 24, 1966|Mann Rubin]] ||

| March 24, 1966 || [[Mann Rubin, March 24, 1966|Mann Rubin]] || [[w:Mann Rubin|Rubin]] wrote the first screenplay for ''An American Dream''.

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| April 16, 1966|| [[Lonnie L. Wells, April 16, 1966|Lonnie L. Wells]] || Wells was a Mailer fan.

| April 16, 1966 || [[Lonnie L. Wells, April 16, 1966|Lonnie L. Wells]] || Wells was a Mailer fan.

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| September 24, 1966 || [[Susan Abrams, September 24, 1966|Susan Abrams]] || Abrams was a Mailer fan.

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| September 24, 1966 || [[Yale M. Udoff, September 24, 1966|Yale M. Udoff]] ||

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| September 24, 1966 || [[Nancy Weber, September 24, 1966|Nancy Weber]] || [[w:Nancy Weber|Weber]], an American writer, interviewed Mailer in the March 1965 ''New York Post'', one of only a few interviews he gave on the novel before it was published.

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| September 25, 1966 || [[Louis and Moos Mailer, September 25, 1966|Louis and Moos Mailer]] ||

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| September 26, 1966 || [[Sanford Sternlicht, September 26, 1966|Sanford Sternlicht]] || Sanford Sternlicht was an English professor at New York State University College at Oswego.

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| 1969 || [[Whit Burnett, 1969|Whit Burnett]] || Burnett published Mailer’s story Mailer’s story “[[The Greatest Thing in the World]]” in November 1941, marking the beginning of Mailer’s literary career.

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