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also include, in addition to the 20, excerpts from a number of minor interviews in a kind of montage. I argued for doing that for a while, and Norman | also include, in addition to the 20, excerpts from a number of minor interviews in a kind of montage. I argued for doing that for a while, and Norman | ||
gave it some thought. We finally threw it out the window. | gave it some thought. We finally threw it out the window. | ||
But then Norman decided to add a dozen essays that he had written over | But then Norman decided to add a dozen essays that he had written over | ||
the previous decade. He came up with a number of titles, one of which I remember: “After the White Negro.” But after he read the entire manuscript he | the previous decade. He came up with a number of titles, one of which I remember: “After the White Negro.” But after he read the entire manuscript he | ||
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sample dust jackets for his books (Mailer designed many of these), audio interviews, and videos of television appearances, reprints of various essays | sample dust jackets for his books (Mailer designed many of these), audio interviews, and videos of television appearances, reprints of various essays | ||
and stories in obscure publications, promo materials from his publishers, | and stories in obscure publications, promo materials from his publishers, | ||
etc., etc. | etc., etc. This was really the beginning of ''Works and Days'', which grew as a | ||
manuscript through the 1980s and 1990s. Donna and I completed it during | |||
my sabbatical in 1998, and it was published in 2000. Norman liked it, having forgotten so much, and contributed a short preface. | |||
I’m an archivist, but not because when I was a young man I said, “I’m | |||
going to grow up to be an archivist.” I just fell into it, and then I found that | |||
it was a suit of clothes that fit me pretty well. | |||
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