On Afghanistan, Obama needs the input of freethinking outsiders, not generals. What if LBJ had listened to Mailer?
By William Astore Oct 13, 2009
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Celebrate the year in sexual intrigue, as D-list celebs spread it for the cameras, Hollywood avoids smushmortions, and Hitler's mommy gets laid.
By Rebecca Traister
December 27, 2007
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The press corps finally wakes up to her waffling and evasions. Plus: Norman Mailer's largely forgotten legacy and our disappointing lesbian icons!
By Camille Paglia
November 14, 2007
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Remembrances of Norman Mailer by Marlon Brando, Liz Smith, Irving Howe, Diana Trilling, Edward Abbey, Germaine Greer and other notables.
Compiled by Dana Cook
November 11, 2007
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This entry from "The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors" takes us on a tour of his best, his worst and his bravest.
By A.O. Scott
November 10, 2007
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Vidal's second memoir merely retells the stories we already know from his enormous -- and potentially irrelevant -- body of work.
By Allen Barra
January 3, 2007
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Literary bad boy James Frey says Dave Eggers can eat his dust. His self-promotion is tiresome, but his addiction memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," shows he has the right stuff.
By Louis Bayard
April 19, 2003
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In a new volume of advice to young writers, the great man of American letters weighs his own legacy -- and finds it wanting.
By Aaron Hicklin
April 14, 2003
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Norman Mailer flattens George Will after the bow-tied GOP courtier notes a Hemingway-like eloquence in our president's mangled prose.
By Gary Kamiya
March 27, 2002
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A Clinton fan tears off her shirt right after the president signs it; Britney Spears spotted in sync with Justin Timberlake; and Martha Stewart gets carried away with a trespasser. Plus: Fabio's a Gore man, Meg Ryan's a Quaid woman.
By Amy Reiter
August 22, 2000
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The love that dare not cluck its name; a few words about dirty words in Mexico; and the prize that is Consuela.
By Carlos Amantea
May 6, 2000
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Ex-con and man of letters Edward Bunker discusses his new memoir, "Education of a Felon," and life as an upstanding citizen.
By Stephen Lemons
April 24, 2000
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Filmmaker James Toback talks about race, sex, Warren Beatty and his explosive new movie, "Black and White."
By Michael Sragow
March 30, 2000
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A retrospective of Howard Bingham's photography recalls the Ali-Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle."
By Stephen Lemons
February 28, 2000
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"Bonfire of the Vanities" author fans literary feud.
By Craig Offman
January 21, 2000
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In his new memoir, Dominick Dunne describes how he found fame the old-fashioned way: He yearned for it.
By Sean Elder
October 13, 1999
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The author of "Bellefleur" selects five great "nonfiction novels."
By Joyce Carol Oates
September 20, 1999
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Meyer and Ebert agree on the big, bouncy issues. Beatty clues in, moves on, drops out. Also: Can it be true? Howard laments dearth of lesbians!
By Amy Reiter
September 17, 1999
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Mailer vs. Greer: The bout that wasn't
By Laura Miller
July 13, 1999
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The author of the 1970 bestseller "Sexual Politics" may have been the women's movement's most unlikely heroine, or maybe not.
By Leslie Crawford
June 5, 1999
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Vivian Gornick reviews 'The Time of Our Time' a collection of essays by Norman Mailer
By Vivian Gornick
May 27, 1998
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Dwight Garner
reviews the events in book publishing in 1997
By Dwight Garner
December 24, 1997
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For Lisa Michaels, an encounter with a book-starved shopkeeper in Turkey provides a new perspective on literary packing.
By Lisa Michaels
December 3, 1997
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Salon magazine: Mailer, Roth and Bellow refuse to go quietly. By D.T. Max
By D.T. Max
May 16, 1997
Norman Mailer for secretary of defense
Sex tapes and outings and schlubs, oh my!
Queen Hillary's disruptive court
Norman Mailer 1923 - 2007
Remembering Norman Mailer through his books
Too much Gore
The sound bite and the fury
"The Spooky Art" by Norman Mailer
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