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{{start|[[w:David Ebershoff|David Ebershoff]]}} is an editor-at-large at Random House. His most recent

[[File:NM-80.jpg|thumb|400px]]{{Large|'''Norman Mailer at 100'''}}<br />{{Big|April 20–22, 2023 • Austin, TX

...merican Film'', December, 38–43. [[Norman Mailer|Mailer]] is quoted on the large number of rehearsals required in professional filmmaking. See [[80.20]], [[

...cisely because it contains many meanings, and each can put into the cliché large portions of his own experience, the demagogue always speaks in clichés. I,

...opath in happy moods does borrow from the saint, and I have often loved in large sweet ways, overcome by the beauty of my mate, and willing to accept anythi

“Critic At-Large: Mailer’s Apology.” Article-interview by Hoke Norris. ''Chicago Sun-Tim

...review’s lead-in notes that {{NM}} had accepted the position of writer-at-large at ''Vanity Fair''. Rpt: (partial) [[98.7]], complete in [[13.1]]. See [[92

...f river of activity gets started, and we have cameramen who are picking up large parts of that river.”

...e role of “The Fifth Estate” as “homeopathic medicine—one small drop for a large disease.” See [[73.2]], [[73.10]], [[74.6]], [[75.6]].

...n is the sign generally of poor writing is that our thoughts are large, so large that the critical estimator of how closely they are embodied in the idea-ac

{{Large|''The Essential Mailer''. Sevenoaks, Kent: New English Library, 1 August. M

{{Large|''Why Are We at War?'' New York: Random House, 7 April. Essay and Interview

...his relationship to [[Lawrence Schiller]]: “The book wouldn’t have been as large if Schiller hadn’t engaged my competitive instinct. He was almost like a

...ing the resignation of ''Harper’s'' editor Willie Morris, “precipitated in large degree by a prominently displayed, controversial article<ref>[[71.10]]</ref

...at first on Morris Ave., and then in "Kingsley Court", a cluster of three large beach "cottages" at Beach and Ocean Avenues, owned by Fan's parents, and na

{{Large|“The Last Night.” ''Esquire'', December, 151, 274-80. Story.}}

{{Large|''Selected Letters of Norman Mailer''. Edited by [[J. Michael Lennon]]. New

...he event so they ought to know what corrections to make for the inevitable large or small bias of your personality.” See [[69.26]], [[74.20]].

...ecast in two parts on PBS, 24 and 25 February. Mailer said, “I have a very large responsibility for the death of Richard Adan.” He also said that he “ne

...concepts like the death-wish for so many decades now, and yet have done no large work I know of on what are probably the two greatest abstractions for the m

{{cquote|Writers aren’t taken seriously any more, and a large part of the blame must go to the writers of my generation, including me. We

In March, {{NM}} accepts the position of writer-at-large at ''Vanity Fair''.

...just announced he would not run again: “Better to have a President who is large and evil than one who is small and ignoble.”

{{Large|Devoted to the Legacy of Norman Mailer}}

..., but then goes on to say that “what Americans refuse to recognize is that large parts of the world, particularly the most backward nations, see us as cultu

...except for the tarty action of taking a large sum of money in sale from a large movie studio, for which I had no respect.

...ten are people with such a cruel {{LJ:sup}} that they dare not laugh—their large but whipped {{LJ:er}} would destroy them if it could appear. A man who does ...tween thought which is comparatively small and idea which is comparatively large (almost equal to the thought) make them sober and grave. What they dredge u

{{Large|''The White Negro''. San Francisco: City Lights Books. Essay, 27 pp., 35¢,

Psychoanalyzing names. I do believe that a large part of a man’s psyche forms around his name as an armature, and that peo

...tion party, also a celebration of Mailer’s recent 75th birthday, gathers a large crowd at the [[w:Rainbow Room|Rainbow Room]] of Rockefeller Center, includi

...g at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall of “Don Juan in Hell,” which is a large part of the third act of George Bernard Shaw’s ''Man and Superman''. {{NM

...ing more, into thinking more, possibly feeling more, and so they encourage large renunciations of the world. But once one feels the other universe, there is

The low note is a Give (large symbol of little). A legitimate swelling up of the ape-principle which is h

...little “curiosity” that English is spelled so unphonetically may be a very large and important actuality.{{refn|The chief reason words in English are often

...ecember, he gives a lecture on the state of the novel in the U.S. before a large audience at the Modern Language Association conference at the Palmer House

{{Large|“The White Negro (Superficial Reflections on the Hipster).” ''Dissent''

{{Large|Lipton’s: The Marijuana Journal of Norman Mailer, {{daterange|1954|1955}}

...efeating an H it absorbs it. Reason has now become Rationalization (in the large sense of the word). It is one of the bulwarks of society. ...the representational—to wit, the rational. Poetry ceases to communicate to large audiences. Billy Grahams{{refn| One of the most charismatic Christian (Prot

.... Norris was beautiful, statuesque, and appeared totally at ease among the large crowd as they moved along, Norris towering above her legendary husband. She

...reading this work, I came to decide that my piece of the sixties wasn’t as large as I thought. If we were going to get into comparisons, Abbie lived it, I o

{{Large|Exit Blues}}

...s spirit. And, to use one of his favorite expressions, most agreeably, his large, wonderful family, [[Norris Church Mailer|Norris]] and all the kids. Now hi

...o were of the academy. He felt that being a good writer required knowing a large array of people.

...e does not feel cordial is merely to deaden the relationship and introduce large elements of mutual deception in it.

No one I know knew more about the pitfalls of marriage or the rewards a large family can bestow. He called mine “''A marriage to watch''” and I know

...er, succeed in selling it to Dial and Dell before I started for a price so large it’s crazy, and what’s good about this is that I’ll have economic fre

...pping with her mother, while Robert worked in his father’s store, a rather large emporium for television sets and electric cocktail mixers. What she had don

Anyway, when next I see you, I have three large subjects to expound on—1) The artist and psychopathy, 2) Advertising and

to me, the ears quite large, but disposed benevolently close to the head. The upper lip is pure Mailer.

{{Large|''Existential Errands''. Boston: Little, Brown, 17 April; Sevenoaks, Kent:

# The Board of Directors will consist of 12-24 members elected at large from the Society’s membership, after being nominated by the nominating co

...n more unique was the constant and stimulating private flavor of his views large and small. He was the rare example of an intellectual who could never allow

...live theater. Did I mention that the house was filled to the rafters and a large contingent of his family was with him? Anyway, the performance then continu ...w it was fortunate that I felt this because I happened to catch sight of a large flock of white hair next to me. It was Norman. The adrenalin pumping throug

...ter because there was so much in it which was interesting and generous and large that I didn’t want to reply too stingily. At the same time I kept working

...nt. We met quite by accident. I was milling about among a large group in a large room at the Kennedy Center. I saw Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis talking to a s ...promote Norman Mailer’s life and work. We endeavor to play a role, however large or small, in the shaping of his legacy. Our first volume was met with accla

...ter because there was so much in it which was interesting and generous and large that I didn't want to reply too stingily. At the same time I kept working o

Dedication: “To Judith McNally; For her insights and her labors large and small that contributed so much to the publication of this work.” Disc

...historical, legendary, real men to the end. Both will leave and have left large footprints to fill.

{{Large|''Barbary Shore''. New York: Rinehart, 24 May; London: Cape, 21 January 195

...iler’s novel is suffused with history. However, since Mailer’s novel is so large in print, it leaves little room for much history. An ebook has no such limi ...ersions of important novels seem to bring us some stability, especially as large, weighty paper volumes. This newest edition of ''The Executioner’s Song''

...but I hope it will be a good one. Perhaps it will be interesting for some large Japanese magazine to publish the installments month by month. I took on the

'''Mailer''': I think the large difference is embodied in the narrator. Off hand, I can’t name a serious '''Mailer''': There is no explanation of Hitler without assuming some very large differences between him and other human beings. One of these possibilities

...te something coherent. The delay which took on, under the circumstances, a large significance to you really had none for me.

...apid development of Mailer’s ideas, and since the novel was presented to a large reading audience in substantially final form in 1964, this is the date I us Two major themes loom large in all of Mailer’s fiction: that of social ills and that of the plight of

{{Large|Norman Mailer Society Virtual Conference}}

{{Large|“The Prisoner of Sex” Turns 50: Mailer on Gender and Sexuality}}<br />

...d has decided.) No, the book has done well, but the figure is one third as large as you’ve been reading, and so I’m hardly yet in the ranks of the wealt

...iological but cultural as well, i.e., a social and cultural construct.}} {{Large|Negro}}{{efn|The word “[[w:negro|negro]]” is no longer really in use, a

begun in the large house that Norman lived in up to the time of his death. ...n every crevice of the East End neighborhood; the fellows live nearby in a large house divided into condominiums with glimpses

[[Elizabeth Mailer]], and her husband Frank Nastasi, also made a large contribution to the Society, $2500 for transcribing some of the panels, and

To entertain a large generalization, I would say there are two kinds of philosophers: those who

...of becoming one of the best romantic poets we’ve got. Which may not be as large a compliment as one suspects. How many yuppies, still worming their way alo

...e would later become heavyweight grappling champion of Singapore. With the large Buddhist tattoo on his massive bicep, he looked like nothing so much as a H

{{Large|''The Gospel According to the Son''. New York: Random House, 2 May; London:

...t even necessary, and pervasive. And letter-writing, of course, [is] all a large part of that nothingness for me. This is by way of apology for the flatness

[[Norman Mailer]] was everything I came to America for. His large scope, his flamboyant risk, his vast imaginative sympathy, his refusal to b

...face of an old tortoise. The once-prominent, distinct bridge of Dad’s very large nose is now flattened from several invasive procedures.

{{quote|Remarks are large, they are grand, they roll off into the murk of the metaphysical storm. Sti

{{Large|Mom}}

...t paid, and so he did just that for some years until the congregation grew large and rich enough to hire a rabbi. In the meantime, his family was arriving a ...ross the fence, something Mother never forgot. And even among the not very large Jewish population, there were all sorts of divisions. The German Jews in to

__NOTOC__{{Large|17th Annual Norman Mailer Conference<br/>

...he history which had created this March, it was probably the most peaceful large assemblage in the history of the Republic. Never had one seen people so pol ...it will be a very good novel. If I fail, the first price to be paid is the large wound to one’s professional vanity.

...had some influence on him I expect I’d be surprised if I had had a really large influence because we started from preconceptions which are too far apart.

For on thing, it has led him to antagonize large sectors of the reading public and to make powerful enemies among many peopl

'''Fitzgerald connections''': As one who also lived large, wrote about his time, and wrestled demons. Quotation is from ''The Great G

{{Large|''The Naked and the Dead''. New York: Rinehart, 6 May; London: Wingate, 9 M

...o pull the literary equivalent of knocking out George Foreman, achieving a large victory few thought possible. ...en very plump, his face was round and no longer lumpy, he was half bald, a large gentle monk with a bemused, misty, slightly tricky expression.”{{sfn|Mail

...the victim of society at large, or of its not having allowed him to be at large? “He was in prison so long, he didn’t know how to work for a living or

...r or artist has yet to venture into space, which may help to explain why a large section of the public still views space exploration as something ''apart'',

...any rewards. Mailer and his associate Larry Schiller were able to obtain a large amount of KGB material, including tapes from the bugged apartment in Minsk ...om KGB Counterintelligence, a big man and old, with a red complexion and a large face that could have belonged to an Irish police chief in New York, impress

When I interviewed him before a large audience after presenting the award, I asked about his fearlessness in alwa

|File:1963-NYW.jpg|'''Norman Mailer''' has just come into a large chunk of money. Dial, the book publishers, have given him a reported $125,0

...e of a much earlier time to the scene. It was really a very nice moment, a large open space, serene, pastoral and there were birds. I made one of my best pi ...was preparing for an encounter with Raoul. When he moved to an area near a large tree that sloped up to higher ground he was suddenly approached by Rip Torn

...m.}} “proletarianized” nor “adjusted,” I must say that you alienate a very large part of your small audience when you make attacks so clumsily on Marx and c

...the C. F. Hovey Company, a department store, as a counter-attendant in its large soda fountain: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, $18.00 a wee ...ny, which during the weeks of Norman’s association, produced ''Criminal at Large'', by Edgar Wallace, and ''The Vinegar Tree'' by Paul Osborne.

...n a much different manner. The catastrophe is not the murder of a man with large possibilities and the meaning of that death for his culture, but rather the ...y to this extraordinary personality and by assigning to Hitler’s family at large so much importance, it seems to me that a look at Castle from a relational

...sages of his extraordinary life. But for me, and for many of his amazingly large circle of close friends, the words beyond ''genius'' that rise unbidden to

...rles] Munch, or Max Beckmann . . . those kinds of painters who worked with large exaggeration and murkiness and passionate power—into now being a photogra

...unpleasant that must be. You know, Bob, part of your depression—obviously large parts [ — ] are the cigarettes, and the aftermath of forty stuff (my afte

...ottle of Jim Beam in a crumpled paper bag. He had roused the audience at a large public assembly; now, he aimed to relax and have fun. I poured his shots an ...reached by a vertical ladder, a loft area my father had used to store his large paintings. Still, if one was obliged to stoop, the space was yet ample enou