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''The Deer Park: A Play'' ([[67.13]]) opens at Theatre DeLys 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 Bentley|Beverly]], ex-wife [[Adele Morales|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.

File:1967 NM - Peter Keen.jpg|NM in 1967. Photo by Peter Keen.

File:1967-NM-Beyond-the-Law.jpg|NM in ''Beyond the Law'' (1967).

File:1967-Beverly-Bently-NM-in-Beyond-the-Law.jpg|Beverly Bentley and NM in ''Beyond the Law'' (1967).

File:1967-Buzz-Farbar-Mickey-Knox-in-Beyond-the-Law.jpg|Buzz Farber and Mickey Knox in ''Beyond the Law'' (1967).

File:1967-Eddie-Bonetti-NM-in-Beyond-the-Law.jpg|Eddie Bonetti and NM in ''Beyond the Law'' (1967).

File:1967-George-Plimpton-NM-in-Beyond-the-Law.jpg|George Plimpton in ''Beyond the Law'' (1967).

File:1967 NM.jpg|NM in 1967.

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