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Continues work on “the Egyptian novel.” Summers in Mt. Desert, ME.

|File:1988 NM in Miami.jpg|NM at Miami Bookfair International, 1988. {{1970s|state=collapsed}}

...ovel, ''A Transit to Narcissus'' ([[78.2]]), is published by Howard Fertig in January. ...ally becomes Mailer's secretary and continues in that role until her death in 2006.

|File:1985 NM.jpg|NM in 1985. |File:1985 NM bourbon.jpg|The bourbon portrait, 1985.

...3]], [[71.21]] for contemporaneous comment, and Willie Morris’s ''New York Days'' (New York: Little Brown, 1993) for a retrospective discussion. {{1970s|state=expanded}}

...rman Mailer|Mailer]] meets Barbara Norris (later [[Norris Church Mailer]]) in Arkansas through his army friend “Fig” Gwaltney. ...in ''Playboy''. It is the last of eight consecutive books in which he uses the third person to depict himself, a technique called [[Wikipedia:Illeism|ille

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...Mervyn Kurlansky and [[w:Jon Naar|Jon Naar]]) is published simultaneously in ''Esquire'' and book form. ...fight in Zaire which Ali wins by a knockout in the eighth round to regain the championship.

In January, testifies at the trial of the “Chicago Seven.” ...}} is awarded Harvard University's Signet Society Medal for Achievement in the Arts.

''An American Dream'' ([[65.7]]) is serialized in ''Esquire'', January-August, with {{NM}} completing each chapter six weeks ...o for ''Esquire''. “In the Red Light” ([[64.20]]), his account, appears in the November issue.

In February and March, {{NM}} attends meetings and writes statements in support of [[w:Salman Rushdie|Salman Rushdie]]. ...the Emerson-Thoreau Medal for distinguished achievement in literature from the [[w:American Academy of Arts and Sciences|American Academy of Arts and Scie

On 25 February, {{NM}} is awarded the Gold Medal for Literature by the National Arts Club. ...er, he profiles presidential candidate [[w:Jimmy Carter|Jimmy Carter]] for the ''New York Times Magazine''.

...esident Nixon “the living embodiment of Uriah Heep,” and implicates him in the death of four students at Kent State University. See [[68.8]], [[70.9]]–[ {{1970s|state=expanded}}

On 25 May, [[Norman Mailer|Mailer]] receives a $1,500 award from the National Institute of Arts and Letters. ...November issue. The essay is generally seen as one of foundation stones of the New Journalism.

..., but because of financial problems he never completed a final version and the film was produced by Paul Gregory for Warner Brothers, “with very inferio {{1970s|state=expanded}}

...Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]]. On 16 September, it premieres in New York. Reviews are mixed; it wins an [[w:Independent Spirit Award for Be |File:1986 NM in Ptown.jpg|NM in Provincetown while filming ''TGDD'', 1986. Photo by Ken Regan.

...irected by [[Lawrence Schiller|Schiller]], airs in November. Mailer writes the screenplay. |File:1982 NM in NYC.jpg|NM in NYC, 1982.

In June, {{NM}} purchases a house in Provincetown, 565 Commercial Street, where he will live with Beverly and th ...eads: “To Lyndon B. Johnson, whose name inspired young men to cheer for me in public.” He speaks at several anti-Vietnam War rallies this year.

..., tempting the evil eye. Mailer says that wearing jeans in temple offsets “the perfect day.” {{1970s|state=expanded}}

...out in a few years, but {{NM}} is prescient: the Watergate break-in occurs in June. ...print. It is the first of a string of biographies Mailer will publish over the next thirty years.

{{NM}} begins work on what for the next several years will be called “the Egyptian novel,” later published as ''Ancient Evenings'' ([[83.18]]). ...rrears to the I.R.S, he speaks at more than 20 colleges to earn money over the year.

...after Mailer and several others in the literary community write letters to the parole board attesting to [[w:Jack Abbott (author)|Abbott]]’s literary ab ...and sentenced for the crime. Mailer attends his trial, and is attacked by the media for his sponsorship of Abbott.

...ngthen Nixon’s hand.” He characterizes Nixon’s fears of losing the war as “the babblings of a Chekovian character.” See [[68.8]], [[70.8]]–[[70.10]]. {{1970s|state=expanded}}

...iler]] made to Mike Wallace on is TV program two days after the stabbing. “The knife to a juvenile delinquent is very meaningful. You see. It’s his swor {{1970s|state=collapsed}}

...Brooklyn apartment, after divorcing [[w:Jeanne Campbell|Jeanne Campbell]] in Juarez, Mexico on 16 December. ...d the chair was airbrushed out when the same photo is used on the cover of the 1964 Bantam paperback edition.

...lage Gate, three days after winning the Pulitzer Prize for ''The Armies of the Night'' ([[68.8]]). Rpt: [[69.80]]. See [[69.30]]. {{1970s|state=collapsed}}

...for the first time in March; returns with [[Norris Church Mailer|Norris]] in June. In June, he receives an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Mercy College in White Plains, NY.

...us stories as bookends: one about [[Norman Mailer|Mailer]]’s first days in the 112th Cavalry and another about going to a Brooklyn bar with Truman Capote. {{1970s|state=collapsed}}

...of State [[w:George Shultz|George P. Shultz]] to speak without consulting the board of PEN. ...'Of Women and Their Elegance'' ([[80.15]]), is staged by the Actors Studio in New York with [[Kate Mailer]] as Marilyn Monroe.

...es on Politics, Sex, God, Boxing, Morality, Myth, Poker and Bad Conscience in America'' ([[06.2]]). In August, ''Letters on ''An American Dream'', 1963-69'' ([[04.7]]), a collect

...days than on others.” Rpt: As the second part of “In Search of the Devil” in [[82.16]] (partial). See [[75.1]]. {{1970s|state=expanded}}

...decided to use the word fug before the book was even begun. In those days the big brother of fug was simply not ready for public hire.” Rpt: [[14.3]]. {{1970s|state=collapsed}}

...ed. There’s enough in that one work, an expression of his best pieces over the years . . . to keep my mind interested for many a year.” See [[81.16]], [ {{1970s|state=expanded}}

...carried out shortly after his conviction. He is executed by a firing squad in January 1977. ...d for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and wins the Best Major Work in Fiction Award from ''Playboy''.

...([[91.26]]) and explained, “When I’m writing a novel, I work at least 200 days a year, maybe 250. I write about five or six pages a day.” {{1970s|state=collapsed}}

...m. Mailer also collaborated with Angelo Badalamenti on one of the songs in the film: “You’ll Come Back (You Always Do).” See [[84.17]], 1986 and 198 {{1970s|state=collapsed}}

In January, testifies on behalf of William Burroughs's novel, ''Naked Lunch'', ...write a preface to Torres’s biography of Muhammad Ali, ''Sting Like a Bee: The Muhammad Ali Story''.

On 14 April, ''[[The Executioner’s Song]]'' wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. In November, {{NM}} divorces [[w:Beverly Bentley|Beverly Bentley]], marries an

...ne''. In it he discusses at length his years at Harvard, and also explains the origins of ''Ancient Evenings'' ([[83.18]]). ...t the novel climbs to number six on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list in mid-May.

...in Hollywood are going to commit suicide.” Rpt: Mailer included an excerpt in ''Maidstone: A Mystery'' ([[71.28]]). See [[68.15]]–[[68.17]], [[68.28]], {{1970s|state=collapsed}}

''Wild 90'' premieres 7 January, and ''Beyond the Law'' 2 April. ...and enthusiastic reviews, including a front page review by Alfred Kazin in the ''New York Times Book Review'' on 5 May.

...as the work of a man with a disordered mind.” Mailer was released after 17 days. {{1970s|state=collapsed}}

...Early Training,” of “The Alpha Manuscript”) describes a lunch at “21.” In the final version, Mailer makes several small but significant changes. See [[41 {{1970s|state=collapsed}}

...written on scraps of paper when Mailer was drinking, which he did a lot of in [[1961]]–62. In late February, divorces [[w:Adele Morales|Adele]] in Juarez, Mexico.

...nducted partly in Brooklyn and partly in London, where Mailer traveled for the 15 October publication of ''Tough Guys Don’t Dance'' ([[84.17]]), [[Norma ...hose joke situations where they give Popeye the can of spinach. It took 61 days.|author=Mailer|source=84.24}}

...after 127 performances. {{NM}} underwrites the production and loses money. The cast includes his wife [[w:Beverly Bentley|Beverly]], ex-wife [[w:Adele Mor ...co” (mid-November); makes two experimental films, ''Wild 90'' and ''Beyond the Law'', co-produced by his close friend, Buzz Farbar.

...blished by this firm. It is later nominated for the National Book Award in the sciences category. ...ch ''Harper’s'', which displeases the magazine’s owners and contributes to the resignation of its editor, Willie Morris.

...iege of Chicago'' ([[68.25]]) is a finalist for the National Book Award in the history and biography category. ...t Wagner wins, only to lose to Independent Party candidate John Lindsay in the general election.

...world know that Mailer influenced the growth of graffiti. And graffiti is the art of deconstruction.  ...r in 1973 writing ''[[The Faith of Graffiti]]'' and then I think of all of the years I spent painting my name and obsessed with graffiti, and I wonder “

...rk: New American Library, late October, softcover. Nonfiction narrative on the 1972 political conventions, 229 pp., $1.50.==== ...of Books'' ([[72.20]]); [[76.5]]; with an introduction by John Leonard in the first hardcover and (simultaneous) softcover editions. New York: Arbor Hous