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==THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10th== | ==THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10th== | ||
===9:00-10:00=== | ===9:00-10:00=== | ||
Business Meeting (Breiseth 107) | ====Business Meeting (Breiseth 107)==== | ||
===10:15-11:15=== | ===10:15-11:15=== | ||
====The Politics of American Democracy==== | |||
* [[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]] (Breiseth 106) | |||
===11:30-12:30=== | ===11:30-12:30=== | ||
Session #1: | ====Session #1: Mailer in the Public Eye==== | ||
* [[Matthew Hinton]], “The Pugilist vs. The Publisher: Norman Mailer Takes On” | * [[Matthew Hinton]], “The Pugilist vs. The Publisher: Norman Mailer Takes On” | ||
* Chondell Villines, “Mailer and Celebrity” | * Chondell Villines, “Mailer and Celebrity” | ||
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* Moderator: Robert Saxe (Breiseth 107) | * Moderator: Robert Saxe (Breiseth 107) | ||
Session #2: | ====Session #2: Philosophical Foundations & Political Connections==== | ||
* Raj Chandarlapaty, “The Hipster”; Alex Hicks, “Mailer’s Marxist Politics” | * Raj Chandarlapaty, “The Hipster”; Alex Hicks, “Mailer’s Marxist Politics” | ||
* Ann von Mehren, “''Armies of the Night'', Mitch Goodman, and the CPA” | * Ann von Mehren, “''Armies of the Night'', Mitch Goodman, and the CPA” | ||
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===12:30-1:45=== | ===12:30-1:45=== | ||
Lunch on Your Own | ====Lunch on Your Own==== | ||
===2:00-3:00=== | ===2:00-3:00=== | ||
Session #1: | ====Session #1: Mailer and Journalism==== | ||
* [[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]] (Breiseth 107) | |||
Session #2: | ====Session #2: ''Of a Fire on the Moon'' After 50 Years==== | ||
* Carol Holmes-Alpern, “''Of a Fire on the Moon'': A Retrospective” | |||
* Walter Lewallen, “That Sinking Feeling” | |||
* Moderator: Enid Stubin (Breiseth 106) | |||
===3:15-4:15=== | ===3:15-4:15=== | ||
====Current Mailer Projects==== | |||
[[Mike Lennon]]; Jerry Lucas; [[Susan Mailer]]; [[Maggie McKinley]] (Breiseth 106) | |||
===4:30-5:30=== | ===4:30-5:30=== | ||
Book Reading | ====Book Reading==== | ||
Susan Mailer, ''In Another Place'' (Breiseth 107). Book Signing to Follow in Weckesser Hall at Opening Reception. | |||
===5:45-7:00=== | ===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=== | ===7:00-8:00=== | ||
Tour of Mailer Reading Room and Collection | ====Tour of Mailer Reading Room and Collection==== | ||
Dedication of Nancy Ellen Craig’s Mailer Portrait (Farley Library, 2nd Floor) | |||
Dinner on your own | ====Dinner on your own==== | ||
==FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11th== | ==FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11th== | ||
===9:00-10:00=== | ===9:00-10:00=== | ||
====Mailer and McLuhan==== | |||
Nicole DePolo; Jerry Lucas; Sal Fallica (Breiseth 106) | |||
===10:15-11:15=== | ===10:15-11:15=== | ||
====Norman Mailer and the Actor’s Studio==== | |||
John Buffalo Mailer; Timothy Nolan; Mike Lennon (Breiseth 107) | |||
===11:30-12:30=== | ===11:30-12:30=== | ||
Session #1: | ====Session #1: Mailer and Violence==== | ||
Mark Olshaker; Marc Triplett; Maggie McKinley (Breiseth 106) | |||
Session #2: | ====Session #2: Mailer’s French Connection==== | ||
* Jeanne Fuchs, “Mailer in Translation” | |||
* Jason Mosser, “Mailer and Malaquais in Conversation” | |||
* Mike Lennon, “Mailer and Stendhal” | |||
* Moderator: Victor Peppard (Breiseth 107) | |||
===12:30-1:45=== | ===12:30-1:45=== | ||
Lunch on Your Own | ====Lunch on Your Own==== | ||
Board Meeting & Lunch in Miller Room, Henry Student Center | |||
===2:00-3:00=== | ===2:00-3:00=== | ||
Session #1: ''' | ====Session #1: ''Advertisements'' and Influences==== | ||
* 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) | |||
Session #2: '''Art and Criminality''' | ====Session #2: '''Art and Criminality'''==== | ||
* 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 (Breiseth 107) | |||
===3:45-4:45=== | ===3:45-4:45=== | ||
Revision as of 06:38, 9 October 2019
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)
10:15-11:15
The Politics of American Democracy
- 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 (Breiseth 106)
11:30-12:30
Session #1: Mailer in the Public Eye
- Matthew Hinton, “The Pugilist vs. The Publisher: Norman Mailer Takes On”
- Chondell Villines, “Mailer and Celebrity”
- Bill Lowenberg, “Mailer: A Life in Pictures”
- Moderator: Robert Saxe (Breiseth 107)
Session #2: Philosophical Foundations & Political Connections
- 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 (Breiseth 106)
12:30-1:45
Lunch on Your Own
2:00-3:00
Session #1: Mailer and Journalism
- 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 (Breiseth 107)
Session #2: Of a Fire on the Moon After 50 Years
- Carol Holmes-Alpern, “Of a Fire on the Moon: A Retrospective”
- Walter Lewallen, “That Sinking Feeling”
- Moderator: Enid Stubin (Breiseth 106)
3:15-4:15
Current Mailer Projects
Mike Lennon; Jerry Lucas; Susan Mailer; Maggie McKinley (Breiseth 106)
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
Dedication of Nancy Ellen Craig’s Mailer Portrait (Farley Library, 2nd Floor)
Dinner on your own
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11th
9:00-10:00
Mailer and McLuhan
Nicole DePolo; Jerry Lucas; Sal Fallica (Breiseth 106)
10:15-11:15
Norman Mailer and the Actor’s Studio
John Buffalo Mailer; Timothy Nolan; Mike Lennon (Breiseth 107)
11:30-12:30
Session #1: Mailer and Violence
Mark Olshaker; Marc Triplett; Maggie McKinley (Breiseth 106)
Session #2: Mailer’s French Connection
- Jeanne Fuchs, “Mailer in Translation”
- Jason Mosser, “Mailer and Malaquais in Conversation”
- Mike Lennon, “Mailer and Stendhal”
- Moderator: Victor Peppard (Breiseth 107)
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
- 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)
Session #2: Art and Criminality
- 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 (Breiseth 107)
3:45-4:45
The Executioner’s Song: A 40th Anniversary Panel Discussion, with featured speaker Larry Schiller; Moderator: Mike Lennon (Breiseth 107)
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: John Buffalo Mailer and Nicole DePolo (Breiseth 106)
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)
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.