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In April, | In April, {{NM}} sells his 500-cubic-foot archive, including approximately 50,000 of his letters, to the [[w:Harry Ransom Center|Harry Ransom Center]], University of Texas, for $2.5 million. Later that month, he attends a conference at the University titled “Norman Mailer Takes on America.” | ||
On 8 September, Mailer undergoes a successful quadruple bypass operation at Mass General in Boston. On 16 November, he is awarded the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters by the National Book Foundation. | On 8 September, Mailer undergoes a successful quadruple bypass operation at Mass General in Boston. On 16 November, he is awarded the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters by the National Book Foundation. | ||
''Norman | ''Norman Mailer’s Provincetown: The Wild West of the East'' ([[05.15]]), a pamphlet containing excerpts from his work about Provincetown, including his favorite poem, “The Harbors of the Moon,” is published by Provincetown Arts Press. | ||
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File:2005 - Star Black.jpg|NM in 2005. Photo by Star Black. | |width=200 | ||
File:2006 NM.jpg|NM in 2006. | |height=200 | ||
File:2006 Ptown.jpg|NM in Provincetown, 2006. | |align=left | ||
</ | |File:2005 - Star Black.jpg|NM in 2005. Photo by Star Black. | ||
|File:2006 NM.jpg|NM in 2006. | |||
|File:2006 Ptown.jpg|NM in Provincetown, 2006. | |||
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