84.7b

From Project Mailer
Norman Mailer: Works and Days
Navigation
Frontmatter
PrefaceLennon IntroductionLucas IntroductionAcknowledgments and Appreciations
Bibliographies
First EditionsKey TextsBibliographiesBiographiesCriticismCultural Backgrounds
Works
Works IndexNM’s IntroductionsThe Big BiteMailer for MayorAbbott Affair
Days
Days IndexImportant Dates
Index
Index of NamesWorks CategoriesDays Categories
Wikipedia book BooksProject page Projects

“Mercy, LIU Graduates Warned of threat of Self-Expression.” Article by Michael Sweeney. Gannett Westchester Newspapers, 4 June, A5. Summary of Mailer’s 3 June commencement address to the graduates of Mercy College and Long Island University’s Westchester campus. He warned the graduates against self-pity, calling it “the most corrosive human emotion known to man or woman. It inspires human sympathy for no one else. It merely diminishes the person carrying it.” Mailer was awarded an honorary doctorate of letters by Mercy College.