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* '''2020-11-08''': ''Forward'' has published an excerpt from Susan Mailer’s memoir: “[https://forward.com/culture/457767/that-time-my-father-norman-mailer-introduced-me-to-norman-mailer-the/ That time my father Norman Mailer introduced me to Norman Mailer the celebrity].”
* '''2020-10-30''': We might soon have television series based on ''Harlot’s Ghost'', according to ''[https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/mark-gordon-pictures-norman-mailer-harlots-ghost-1234819660/ Variety]'': “Norman Mailer spy novel ‘Harlot’s Ghost’ is getting the TV treatment, ''Variety'' has learned exclusively. Mark Gordon Pictures is developing the book for TV, having acquired the rights to the 1991 title.” How great would that be?
* '''2020-10-30''': We might soon have television series based on ''Harlot’s Ghost'', according to ''[https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/mark-gordon-pictures-norman-mailer-harlots-ghost-1234819660/ Variety]'': “Norman Mailer spy novel ‘Harlot’s Ghost’ is getting the TV treatment, ''Variety'' has learned exclusively. Mark Gordon Pictures is developing the book for TV, having acquired the rights to the 1991 title.” How great would that be?
* '''2020-10-23''': The ''Daily Bulletin'' lists ''[[The Executioner’s Song]]'' as one of “[https://www.dailybulletin.com/2020/10/22/13-terrifying-books-to-haunt-your-dreams-as-halloween-approaches/ 13 terrifying books to haunt your dreams as Halloween approaches].” They write: “This is Mailer’s true-crime account of the murders perpetrated by Gary Gilmore and Gilmore’s execution by firing squad in Utah. It won the Pulitzer Prize for its portrayal of the devastation of those killings and the questions raised about the justice of capital punishment.”
* '''2020-10-23''': The ''Daily Bulletin'' lists ''[[The Executioner’s Song]]'' as one of “[https://www.dailybulletin.com/2020/10/22/13-terrifying-books-to-haunt-your-dreams-as-halloween-approaches/ 13 terrifying books to haunt your dreams as Halloween approaches].” They write: “This is Mailer’s true-crime account of the murders perpetrated by Gary Gilmore and Gilmore’s execution by firing squad in Utah. It won the Pulitzer Prize for its portrayal of the devastation of those killings and the questions raised about the justice of capital punishment.”