mailer

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One thinks of Norman Mailer in “The Naked and the Dead”: “they died for hills no one could have named, for objectives no one understood.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Mailer also described the atmosphere at the convention as having "the packed intimacy of a neighborhood fight club."

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2024

Give us Bellow with his lion-hunting Henderson, Mailer with his century-swallowing fever dreams!

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024

For a final hearing, in July 1976, Wildes brought in Norman Mailer and Gloria Swanson, among others, to testify on Lennon’s behalf, and the INS granted the musician his green card.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2024

That week at school, Joaquin had turned the corner down the hallway toward his English class and come face-to-face with Birdie and Colin Mailer.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway