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My Life with and without My Father, Norman Mailer. We would like to publish Lipton’s in Mailer’s centenary year, 2023.
My Life with and without My Father, Norman Mailer. We would like to publish Lipton’s in Mailer’s centenary year, 2023.


PS: After a long, long time, the Library of America finally began publishing
'''PS''': After a long, long time, the Library of America finally began publishing
Norman Mailer.Why is this development so important for his stature in the
Norman Mailer.Why is this development so important for his stature in the
future?
future?


JML: It is recognition that Mailer is a canonical author. It is a recognition
'''JML''': It is recognition that Mailer is a canonical author. It is a recognition
that his work is going to be kept in print and available in scholarly editions
that his work is going to be kept in print and available in scholarly editions
for the foreseeable future. The Library of America, which was founded in
for the foreseeable future. The Library of America, which was founded in
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Mailer contemporaries. The first two Mailer volumes, published in 2018,
Mailer contemporaries. The first two Mailer volumes, published in 2018,
contain four of his books from the 1960s, and about 35 of his essays from
contain four of his books from the 1960s, and about 35 of his essays from
that decade.
that decade. The question now is whether to go forward into the 1970s or go
back to his earlier work, like The Naked and the Dead. We are having discussions on the schedule, although no conclusions have yet been reached.
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