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Continues work on “the Egyptian novel.” Summers in Mt. Desert, ME.

|File:1988 NM in Miami.jpg|NM at Miami Bookfair International, 1988. {{1970s|state=collapsed}}

...ovel, ''A Transit to Narcissus'' ([[78.2]]), is published by Howard Fertig in January. ...ally becomes Mailer's secretary and continues in that role until her death in 2006.

|File:1985 NM.jpg|NM in 1985. |File:1985 NM bourbon.jpg|The bourbon portrait, 1985.

...3]], [[71.21]] for contemporaneous comment, and Willie Morris’s ''New York Days'' (New York: Little Brown, 1993) for a retrospective discussion. {{1970s|state=expanded}}

...rman Mailer|Mailer]] meets Barbara Norris (later [[Norris Church Mailer]]) in Arkansas through his army friend “Fig” Gwaltney. ...in ''Playboy''. It is the last of eight consecutive books in which he uses the third person to depict himself, a technique called [[Wikipedia:Illeism|ille

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...Mervyn Kurlansky and [[w:Jon Naar|Jon Naar]]) is published simultaneously in ''Esquire'' and book form. ...fight in Zaire which Ali wins by a knockout in the eighth round to regain the championship.

In January, testifies at the trial of the “Chicago Seven.” ...}} is awarded Harvard University's Signet Society Medal for Achievement in the Arts.

''An American Dream'' ([[65.7]]) is serialized in ''Esquire'', January-August, with {{NM}} completing each chapter six weeks ...o for ''Esquire''. “In the Red Light” ([[64.20]]), his account, appears in the November issue.

In February and March, {{NM}} attends meetings and writes statements in support of [[w:Salman Rushdie|Salman Rushdie]]. ...the Emerson-Thoreau Medal for distinguished achievement in literature from the [[w:American Academy of Arts and Sciences|American Academy of Arts and Scie

On 25 February, {{NM}} is awarded the Gold Medal for Literature by the National Arts Club. ...er, he profiles presidential candidate [[w:Jimmy Carter|Jimmy Carter]] for the ''New York Times Magazine''.

...esident Nixon “the living embodiment of Uriah Heep,” and implicates him in the death of four students at Kent State University. See [[68.8]], [[70.9]]–[ {{1970s|state=expanded}}

On 25 May, [[Norman Mailer|Mailer]] receives a $1,500 award from the National Institute of Arts and Letters. ...November issue. The essay is generally seen as one of foundation stones of the New Journalism.

..., but because of financial problems he never completed a final version and the film was produced by Paul Gregory for Warner Brothers, “with very inferio {{1970s|state=expanded}}

...Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]]. On 16 September, it premieres in New York. Reviews are mixed; it wins an [[w:Independent Spirit Award for Be |File:1986 NM in Ptown.jpg|NM in Provincetown while filming ''TGDD'', 1986. Photo by Ken Regan.

...irected by [[Lawrence Schiller|Schiller]], airs in November. Mailer writes the screenplay. |File:1982 NM in NYC.jpg|NM in NYC, 1982.

In June, {{NM}} purchases a house in Provincetown, 565 Commercial Street, where he will live with Beverly and th ...eads: “To Lyndon B. Johnson, whose name inspired young men to cheer for me in public.” He speaks at several anti-Vietnam War rallies this year.

..., tempting the evil eye. Mailer says that wearing jeans in temple offsets “the perfect day.” {{1970s|state=expanded}}

...out in a few years, but {{NM}} is prescient: the Watergate break-in occurs in June. ...print. It is the first of a string of biographies Mailer will publish over the next thirty years.