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17th Annual Norman Mailer Conference
Mailer on Politics, Public Life, and Pop Culture
Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
October 10-12, 2019

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10th

9:00-10:00

Business Meeting

(Breiseth 107)

Announcements: Maggie McKinley
Mailer Review: Phillip Sipiora
Board Nominations: Jerry Lucas
Lucid Award Committee: Nicole DePolo
Treasurer’s Report: Jason Mosser
2019 Conference Site: Maggie McKinley
New Business

10:15-11:15

The Politics of American Democracy

(Breiseth 106)

Bob Begiebing, “Mailer and the Founders”
Robert Saxe, “‘A Little Better Than They Should Have Been’: Norman Mailer and the Romance of the Kennedys”
Alex Hicks, “Norman Mailer, White Working Class Male and ‘Left Conservatism’”
Moderator: Nicole DePolo

11:30-12:30

Session #1: Mailer in the Public Eye

(Breiseth 107)

Matthew Hinton, “The Pugilist vs. The Publisher: Norman Mailer Takes On”
Chondell Villines, “Mailer and Celebrity”
Bill Lowenburg, “Mailer: A Life in Pictures”
Moderator: Robert Saxe

Session #2: Philosophical Foundations & Political Connections

(Breiseth 106)

Raj Chandarlapaty, “The Hipster”
Alex Hicks, “Mailer’s Marxist Politics”
Ann von Mehren, “Armies of the Night, Mitch Goodman, and the CPA”
Moderator: Jerry Lucas

12:30-1:45

Lunch on Your Own

2:00-3:00

Session #1: Mailer and Journalism

(Breiseth 107)

Jason Mosser, “Mailer’s Literary Journalism in Context”
Sal Fallica, “In the Red Light: History Biding Its Time”
Victor Peppard, “Mailer and Breslin: Champions of the Little Man and the Outlaw”
Moderator: Phil Sipiora

Session #2: Of a Fire on the Moon After 50 Years

(Breiseth 106)

Carol Holmes Alpern, “Of a Fire on the Moon: A Retrospective”
Walter Lewallen, “That Sinking Feeling”
Moderator: Enid Stubin

3:15-4:15

Current Mailer Projects

(Breiseth 106)

Mike Lennon; Jerry Lucas; Susan Mailer; Maggie McKinley

4:30-5:30

Book Reading

Susan Mailer, In Another Place (Breiseth 107). Book Signing to Follow in Weckesser Hall at Opening Reception.

5:45-7:00

Opening Reception

(Weckesser Hall)

Sponsored by Wilkes Maslow Family Creative Writing Program and the University Advancement Office

7:00-8:00

Tour of Mailer Reading Room and Collection

(Farley Library, 2nd Floor)

Dedication of Nancy Ellen Craig’s Mailer Portrait

Dinner on your own

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11th

9:00-10:00

Mailer and McLuhan

(Breiseth 106)

Nicole DePolo; Jerry Lucas; Sal Fallica

10:15-11:15

Norman Mailer and the Actor’s Studio

(Breiseth 107)

John Buffalo Mailer; Timothy Nolan; Mike Lennon

11:30-12:30

Session #1: Mailer and Violence

(Breiseth 106)

Mark Olshaker; Marc Triplett; Maggie McKinley

Session #2: Mailer’s French Connection

(Breiseth 107)

Jeanne Fuchs, “Mailer in Translation”
Jason Mosser, “Mailer and Malaquais in Conversation”
Mike Lennon, “Mailer and Stendhal”
Moderator: Victor Peppard

12:30-1:45

Lunch on Your Own

Board Meeting & Lunch in Miller Room, Henry Student Center

2:00-3:00

Session #1: Advertisements and Influences

(Breiseth 106)

Enid Stubin, “Advertisements for Myself: Mailer’s Workes”
Ray Vince, “Angst, Authorship, and the Critics: Advertisements, ‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro,’ and ‘The Crack-Up’”
Erik Nakjavani, “Limit Situations: A Recurring Theme in Hemingway’s and Mailer’s Works”
Moderator: Jason Mosser

Session #2: Art and Criminality

(Breiseth 107)

James Taylor, “Mailer and Jack Henry Abbott Revisited: Some Famous Writers and Their Convict Projects”
Phil Sipiora, “Literary Rhetoric in The Executioner’s Song”
Edward Birzin, “Mailer and The Faith of Graffiti”
Moderator: Matthew Hinton

3:45-4:45

The Executioner’s Song: A 40th Anniversary Panel Discussion

(Breiseth 107)

Featured speaker Larry Schiller
Moderator: Mike Lennon

5:00-6:30

Dinner on your own

7:00-9:00

Screening of The Executioner’s Song

followed by Q&A with Larry Schiller (Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, South St.)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12th

9:00-10:00

Undergraduate Work on Mailer

(Breiseth 106)

John Buffalo Mailer and Nicole DePolo

10:15-11:30

Two Films on Beverly Bentley

(Breiseth 107)

Stephen Mailer’s “Flaubrucht: A Celebration of Life”
Antonia Colodro’s “Beverly”
Introduced by Stephen Mailer

11:45-12:45

Wilkes Readers’ Theater: The Time of Our Time

(Breiseth 106)

Bonnie Culver, Wendy Hinton, Matthew Hinton, Jason Miller, and Jan Quackenbush

1:00-3:00

Luncheon & Keynote Address

Maggie Mailer (Henry Student Center Ballroom, 2nd Fl.) This year’s keynote address was funded by a generous donation from Mashey Bernstein.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{Large|17th Annual Norman Mailer Conference<br/>
+__NOTOC__{{Large|17th Annual Norman Mailer Conference<br/>
 ''Mailer on Politics, Public Life, and Pop Culture''<br/>
 Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA<br/>
@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 ==THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10th==
 ===9:00-10:00===
-====Business Meeting (Breiseth 107)====
+====Business Meeting====
+(Breiseth 107)
+# Announcements: [[Maggie McKinley]]
+# ''[[Mailer Review]]'': [[Phillip Sipiora]]
+# Board Nominations: [[Jerry Lucas]]
+# Lucid Award Committee: [[Nicole DePolo]]
+# Treasurer’s Report: [[Jason Mosser]]
+# 2019 Conference Site: [[Maggie McKinley ]]
+# New Business
 ===10:15-11:15===
 ====The Politics of American Democracy====
+(Breiseth 106)
 * [[Bob Begiebing]], “Mailer and the Founders”
-* Robert Saxe, “‘A Little Better Than They Should Have Been’: Norman Mailer and the Romance of the Kennedys”
+* [[Robert Saxe]], {{" '}}A Little Better Than They Should Have Been’: Norman Mailer and the Romance of the Kennedys”
-* Alex Hicks, “Norman Mailer, White Working Class Male and ‘Left Conservatism’”
+* [[Alex Hicks]], “Norman Mailer, White Working Class Male and ‘Left Conservatism{{' "}}
-* Moderator: [[Nicole DePolo]] (Breiseth 106)
+* Moderator: [[Nicole DePolo]]
 ===11:30-12:30===
 ====Session #1: Mailer in the Public Eye====
+(Breiseth 107)
 * [[Matthew Hinton]], “The Pugilist vs. The Publisher: Norman Mailer Takes On”
-* Chondell Villines, “Mailer and Celebrity”
+* [[Chondell Villines]], “Mailer and Celebrity”
-* Bill Lowenberg, “Mailer: A Life in Pictures”
+* [[Bill Lowenburg]], “Mailer: A Life in Pictures”
-* Moderator: Robert Saxe (Breiseth 107)
+* Moderator: [[Robert Saxe]]
-====Session #2: Philosophical Foundations & Political Connections (Breiseth 106)====
+====Session #2: Philosophical Foundations & Political Connections====
-* Raj Chandarlapaty, “The Hipster”
+(Breiseth 106)
-* Alex Hicks, “Mailer’s Marxist Politics”
+* [[Raj Chandarlapaty]], “The Hipster”
-* Ann von Mehren, “''Armies of the Night'', Mitch Goodman, and the CPA”
+* [[Alex Hicks]], “Mailer’s Marxist Politics”
+* [[Ann von Mehren]], “''Armies of the Night'', Mitch Goodman, and the CPA”
 * Moderator: [[Jerry Lucas]]
@@ Line 33: / Line 45: @@
 ===2:00-3:00===
 ====Session #1: Mailer and Journalism====
+(Breiseth 107)
 * [[Jason Mosser]], “Mailer’s Literary Journalism in Context”
-* Sal Fallica, “In the Red Light: History Biding Its Time”
+* [[Sal Fallica]], “In the Red Light: History Biding Its Time”
 * [[Victor Peppard]], “Mailer and Breslin: Champions of the Little Man and the Outlaw”
-* Moderator: [[Phil Sipiora]] (Breiseth 107)
+* Moderator: [[Phil Sipiora]]
 ====Session #2: ''Of a Fire on the Moon'' After 50 Years====
-* Carol Holmes-Alpern, “''Of a Fire on the Moon'': A Retrospective”
+(Breiseth 106)
-* Walter Lewallen, “That Sinking Feeling”
+* [[Carol Holmes Alpern]], “''Of a Fire on the Moon'': A Retrospective”
-* Moderator: Enid Stubin (Breiseth 106)
+* [[Walter Lewallen]], “That Sinking Feeling”
+* Moderator: [[Enid Stubin]]
 ===3:15-4:15===
 ====Current Mailer Projects====
-[[Mike Lennon]]; Jerry Lucas; [[Susan Mailer]]; [[Maggie McKinley]] (Breiseth 106)
+(Breiseth 106)
+[[Mike Lennon]]; [[Jerry Lucas]]; [[Susan Mailer]]; [[Maggie McKinley]]
 ===4:30-5:30===
 ====Book Reading====
-Susan Mailer, ''In Another Place'' (Breiseth 107). Book Signing to Follow in Weckesser Hall at Opening Reception.
+[[Susan Mailer]], ''In Another Place'' (Breiseth 107). Book Signing to Follow in Weckesser Hall at Opening Reception.
 ===5:45-7:00===
-====Opening Reception (Weckesser Hall)====
+====Opening Reception====
+(Weckesser Hall)
 Sponsored by Wilkes Maslow Family Creative Writing Program and the University Advancement Office
 ===7:00-8:00===
 ====Tour of Mailer Reading Room and Collection====
-Dedication of Nancy Ellen Craig’s Mailer Portrait (Farley Library, 2nd Floor)
+(Farley Library, 2nd Floor)
+Dedication of Nancy Ellen Craig’s Mailer Portrait
 ====Dinner on your own====
@@ Line 64: / Line 84: @@
 ===9:00-10:00===
 ====Mailer and McLuhan====
-Nicole DePolo; Jerry Lucas; Sal Fallica (Breiseth 106)
+(Breiseth 106)
+[[Nicole DePolo]]; [[Jerry Lucas]]; [[Sal Fallica]]
 ===10:15-11:15===
 ====Norman Mailer and the Actor’s Studio====
-John Buffalo Mailer; Timothy Nolan; Mike Lennon (Breiseth 107)
+(Breiseth 107)
+[[John Buffalo Mailer]]; [[Timothy Nolan]]; [[Mike Lennon]]
 ===11:30-12:30===
 ====Session #1: Mailer and Violence====
-Mark Olshaker; Marc Triplett; Maggie McKinley (Breiseth 106)
+(Breiseth 106)
+[[Mark Olshaker]]; [[Marc Triplett]]; [[Maggie McKinley]]
 ====Session #2: Mailer’s French Connection====
-* Jeanne Fuchs, “Mailer in Translation”
+(Breiseth 107)
-* Jason Mosser, “Mailer and Malaquais in Conversation”
+* [[Jeanne Fuchs]], “Mailer in Translation”
-* Mike Lennon, “Mailer and Stendhal”
+* [[Jason Mosser]], “Mailer and Malaquais in Conversation”
-* Moderator: Victor Peppard (Breiseth 107)
+* [[Mike Lennon]], “Mailer and Stendhal”
+* Moderator: [[Victor Peppard]]
 ===12:30-1:45===
@@ Line 86: / Line 113: @@
 ===2:00-3:00===
 ====Session #1: ''Advertisements'' and Influences====
-* Enid Stubin, “''Advertisements for Myself'': Mailer’s Workes”
+(Breiseth 106)
-* Ray Vince, “Angst, Authorship, and the Critics: ''Advertisements'', ‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro,’ and ‘The Crack-Up’”
+* [[Enid Stubin]], “''Advertisements for Myself'': Mailer’s ''Workes''”
+* [[Ray Vince]], “Angst, Authorship, and the Critics: ''Advertisements'', ‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro,’ and ‘The Crack-Up’”
 * [[Erik Nakjavani]], “Limit Situations: A Recurring Theme in Hemingway’s and Mailer’s Works”
-* Moderator: Jason Mosser (Breiseth 106)
+* Moderator: [[Jason Mosser]]
 ====Session #2: '''Art and Criminality'''====
-* James Taylor, “Mailer and Jack Henry Abbott Revisited: Some Famous Writers and Their Convict Projects”
+(Breiseth 107)
-* Phil Sipiora; “Literary Rhetoric in ''The Executioner’s Song''”
+* [[James Taylor]], “Mailer and Jack Henry Abbott Revisited: Some Famous Writers and Their Convict Projects”
-* Edward Birzin, “Mailer and ''The Faith of Graffiti''”
+* [[Phil Sipiora]], “Literary Rhetoric in ''The Executioner’s Song''”
-* Moderator: Matthew Hinton (Breiseth 107)
+* [[Edward Birzin]], “Mailer and ''The Faith of Graffiti''”
+* Moderator: [[Matthew Hinton]]
 ===3:45-4:45===
-'''''The Executioner’s Song'': A 40th Anniversary Panel Discussion, with featured speaker Larry Schiller; Moderator: Mike Lennon (Breiseth 107)
+====''The Executioner’s Song'': A 40th Anniversary Panel Discussion====
+(Breiseth 107)
+* Featured speaker [[Larry Schiller]]
+* Moderator: [[Mike Lennon]]
 ===5:00-6:30===
-Dinner on your own
+====Dinner on your own====
 ===7:00-9:00===
-Screening of ''The Executioner’s Song'', followed by Q&A with Larry Schiller (Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, South St.)
+====Screening of ''The Executioner’s Song''====
+followed by Q&A with [[Larry Schiller]] (Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, South St.)
 ==SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12th==
 ===9:00-10:00===
-'''Undergraduate Work on Mailer''': John Buffalo Mailer and Nicole DePolo (Breiseth 106)
+====Undergraduate Work on Mailer====
+(Breiseth 106)
+[[John Buffalo Mailer]] and [[Nicole DePolo]]
 ===10:15-11:30===
-'''Two Films on Beverly Bentley''': Stephen Mailer’s “Flaubrucht: A Celebration of Life” and Antonia Colodro’s “Beverly”; Introduced by Stephen Mailer (Breiseth 107)
+====Two Films on Beverly Bentley====
+(Breiseth 107)
+* Stephen Mailer’s “Flaubrucht: A Celebration of Life”
+* Antonia Colodro’s “Beverly”
+* Introduced by [[Stephen Mailer]]
 ===11:45-12:45===
-'''Wilkes Readers’ Theater''': ''The Time of Our Time'' (Breiseth 106): Bonnie Culver, Wendy Hinton, Matthew Hinton, Jason Miller and Jan Quackenbush
+====Wilkes Readers’ Theater: ''The Time of Our Time''====
+(Breiseth 106)
+[[Bonnie Culver]], [[Wendy Hinton]], [[Matthew Hinton]], [[Jason Miller]], and [[Jan Quackenbush]]
 ===1:00-3:00===
-'''Luncheon & Keynote Address''': Maggie Mailer (Henry Student Center Ballroom, 2nd Fl.)
+====Luncheon & Keynote Address====
-This year’s keynote address was funded by a generous donation from Mashey Bernstein.
+[[Maggie Mailer]] (Henry Student Center Ballroom, 2nd Fl.) This year’s keynote address was funded by a generous donation from [[Mashey Bernstein]].
-[[Category:2019 Program]]
+[[Category:2019 Conference]]