The Mailer Review/Volume 5, 2011/A Tear Shed into a Cup of Sorrows
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Stephen Borowski
Abstract: An analysis of a Russian Khodinka Cup, or Cup of Sorrows, and how it relates to Mailer.
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Ilive in Provincetown on a high hill with sweeping harbor views. My neighbors are Mike and Donna Lennon, who live in the same cluster of townhouses. We are a brisk walk from the Mailer home. I met the Mailers for the first time in the Lennon's home, along with Doris Kearns and Dick Goodwin. I knew that Norman, before his mobility became an issue, would use the Lennon's top floor study to write. Our condominium complex was principally inhabited only on weekends, and even less so in the winter months so it was a perfect retreat for Norman. He was also a familiar sight at our corner market, walking with his two canes, when he was out to buy the daily paper. Our intersections were rare but always cordial. I also knew Norris through our involvement in the Provincetown Theater. She was always gracious and kind, and I began to feel a special kinship with her.
