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September 29, 30 and October 1, 2016</big> | September 29, 30 and October 1, 2016</big> | ||
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – (Sept. 16, 2016) – The Norman Mailer Society, in partnership with Monmouth University’s Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences, will hold its 14th annual conference on campus from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1. Barbara Mailer Wasserman, Long Branch native and sister of the late Norman Mailer, will provide the keynote address, “Mailer Roots in Long Branch.” Also included in the conference will be a reading by Monmouth Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing Alex Gilvarry from his upcoming novel, Eastman Was Here and a performance of the one-woman play, A Ticket to the Circus, by Bonnie Culver, based on the memoir of Mailer’s wife, Norris Church Mailer, performed by K.C. Leiber. | |||
The program also includes a panel discussion, “Long Branch History,” moderated by Susan Goulding, chair of the English department, and co-chair of the conference. Joining her are Stan Blair, interim dean of the University’s Honors School, Randell Gabrielan, vice-chair of the Monmouth County Historical Commission and Melissa Ziobro, specialist professor of public history at Monmouth. | |||
Other notable panels include “Putative Comments on the 2016 Election by the Late Norman Mailer,” chaired by former Mailer Society president, author Mark Olshaker. The panelists are Neil Abercrombie, former governor of Hawaii, Mailer’s son, Michael, a filmmaker and Mailer’s nephew, writer Peter Alson. Another is “Children of Famous Writers,” featuring Mailer’s daughter Susan, Kaylie Jones, daughter of novelist James Jones and Greg Bellow, son of novelist Saul Bellow. This panel will be moderated by Mailer Society president and conference co-chair, J. Michael Lennon. | |||
==Program== | |||
{{notice|Room 107, Room 108, Club Lounge and Club Dining Room are located in the Samuel Hays Magill Commons; | {{notice|Room 107, Room 108, Club Lounge and Club Dining Room are located in the Samuel Hays Magill Commons; | ||
Anacon B is located in the Rebecca Stafford Student Center; | Anacon B is located in the Rebecca Stafford Student Center; | ||
Wilson Auditorium is located in the Woodrow Wilson Hall}} | Wilson Auditorium is located in the Woodrow Wilson Hall}} | ||
==Thursday, September 29== | ===Thursday, September 29=== | ||
8:45-9:30: Business Meeting (Room 107) | 8:45-9:30: Business Meeting (Room 107) | ||
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5:30-7:45: Dinner on Your Own | 5:30-7:45: Dinner on Your Own | ||
8:00-9:30: A Ticket to the Circus: A One-Woman Play by Bonnie Culver, performed by K. C. Leiber (Wilson Auditorium) | 8:00-9:30: ''A Ticket to the Circus'': A One-Woman Play by Bonnie Culver, performed by K. C. Leiber (Wilson Auditorium) | ||
==Friday, September 30== | ===Friday, September 30=== | ||
9:00-10:00: The Digital Mailer: Gerald Lucas (Room 107) | 9:00-10:00: The Digital Mailer: Gerald Lucas (Room 107) | ||
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11:30-12:30 | 11:30-12:30 | ||
* Panel: Mailer and Bellow: Ezra Cappell (tentative), Alex Gilvarry, Maggie McKinley | * Panel: Mailer and Bellow: Ezra Cappell (tentative), Alex Gilvarry, Maggie McKinley; Moderator: Ron Fried (Room 107) | ||
* Papers: “The American Existentialism of Norman Mailer”: Okla Elliott; “Mailer’s Reading of Capital as Fiction”: Erik Nakjavani | * Papers: “The American Existentialism of Norman Mailer”: Okla Elliott; “Mailer’s Reading of Capital as Fiction”: Erik Nakjavani; Moderator: Bonnie Culver (Room 108) | ||
12:30-1:30: Lunch on Your Own. Boxed Lunch diners may use the Club Dining Room. Board Members will have a brief meeting during lunch in the Club Lounge | 12:30-1:30: Lunch on Your Own. Boxed Lunch diners may use the Club Dining Room. Board Members will have a brief meeting during lunch in the Club Lounge | ||
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3:00-4:30 | 3:00-4:30 | ||
* Panel: Mailer’s Short Fiction: | * Panel: Mailer’s Short Fiction: Bonnie Culver, Joseph Lennon, Philip Sipiora, Moderator: Vic Peppard (Room 107) | ||
* Panel: Mailer and Plastics: The Seer and the Scientist (based on the film, The Invisible Ocean): Robert Begiebing, Chris Busa (Room 108) | * Panel: Mailer and Plastics: The Seer and the Scientist (based on the film, ''The Invisible Ocean''): Robert Begiebing, Chris Busa (Room 108) | ||
5:30-8:00: Dinner at Monmouth University (Anacon B) | 5:30-8:00: Dinner at Monmouth University (Anacon B) | ||
8:15-9:15: Reading: Alex Gilvarry reading his forthcoming novel, Eastman Was Here, introduced by John Buffalo Mailer (Wilson Auditorium) | 8:15-9:15: Reading: Alex Gilvarry reading his forthcoming novel, ''Eastman Was Here'', introduced by John Buffalo Mailer (Wilson Auditorium) | ||
==Saturday, October 1== | ===Saturday, October 1=== | ||
9:00-10:00 | 9:00-10:00 | ||
* Papers: | * Papers: “''The Naked and the Dead'': Lost Illusions and Pessimism”: Alexander Hicks; “Mailer and Babel on Being Jewish,” Victor Peppard, Moderator: Mashey Bernstein (Room 107) | ||
* Papers: “Mailer in the Classroom”: Matthew Hinton; “Violence, Style, and Pedagogy: Teaching Mailer in American Literature Courses”: Walter Lewallen; “Mailer as Playwright”: Timothy Nolan; Moderator: Nicole DePolo (Room 108) | * Papers: “Mailer in the Classroom”: Matthew Hinton; “Violence, Style, and Pedagogy: Teaching Mailer in American Literature Courses”: Walter Lewallen; “Mailer as Playwright”: Timothy Nolan; Moderator: Nicole DePolo (Room 108) | ||
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11:30-12:30 | 11:30-12:30 | ||
* Panel: The Castle in the Forest: Another Look: Robert Begiebing, Jacob Hebda, Joanna Poncavage, Moderator: John Winters (Room 107) | * Panel: ''The Castle in the Forest'': Another Look: Robert Begiebing, Jacob Hebda, Joanna Poncavage, Moderator: John Winters (Room 107) | ||
* Panel: Mailer and Photography: Dan Kramer, Larry Schiller, Moderator: Nina Wiener (Room 108) | * Panel: Mailer and Photography: Dan Kramer, Larry Schiller, Moderator: Nina Wiener (Room 108) | ||