1967
| Norman Mailer: Works and Days |
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| Frontmatter |
| Preface • Lennon Introduction • Lucas Introduction • Acknowledgments and Appreciations |
| Bibliographies |
| First Editions • Key Texts • Bibliographies • Biographies • Criticism • Cultural Backgrounds |
| Works |
| Works Index • NM’s Introductions • The Big Bite • Mailer for Mayor • Abbott Affair |
| Days |
| Days Index • Important Dates |
| Index |
| Index of Names • Works Categories • Days Categories |
 Books •  Projects |
The Deer Park: A Play (67.13) opens at Theatre de Lys in New York on 31 January; it closes 21 May after 127 performances. Mailer underwrites the production and loses money. The cast includes his wife Beverly, ex-wife Adele, Rip Torn and his old friend, actor Mickey Knox.
On 24 May, he is inducted into the National Institute of Arts and Letter. Publishes four books: The Short Fiction of Norman Mailer (67.11) which contains 19 stories written from 1940 to 1962 (11 May); The Deer Park: A Play (7 August); Why Are We in Vietnam? (67.15) (15 September); The Bullfight (67.20), a portrait of Mexican bullfighter Amado Ramirez, known as “El Loco” (mid-November); makes two experimental films, Wild 90 and Beyond the Law, co-produced by his close friend, Buzz Farbar.
On 21 October, he takes part in an anti-war protest at the Pentagon, along with Robert Lowell, Noam Chomsky and Dwight Macdonald. Why Are We in Vietnam? is nominated for the National Book Award.
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NM in 1967. Photo by Peter Keen. -
NM in Beyond the Law (1967). -
Beverly Bentley and NM in Beyond the Law (1967). -
Buzz Farber and Mickey Knox in Beyond the Law (1967). -
Eddie Bonetti and NM in Beyond the Law (1967). -
George Plimpton in Beyond the Law (1967). -
NM in 1967. -
Time, October 27, 1967.
