The conference was another hit this year. Even though NM himself had to undergo surgery for a collapsed lung and could not make it to this year (we hear he’s recovering nicely: even thumb wrestling any contenders from his hospital bed), I think the conference was a stunning success. We had many excellent papers about [...]
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Mailer Published
The Paris Review published my photo of Norman Mailer. It was taken during the Society‘s annual conference in October 2006. The journal actually credits me, not under the photo, but on the contributors page in the back (180). It would have been ultra cool to have had my name under his photo. Still, pretty darn [...]
Mailer Published
The Paris Review published my photo of Norman Mailer. It was taken during the Society‘s annual conference in October 2006. The journal actually credits me, not under the photo, but on the contributors page in the back (180). It would have been ultra cool to have had my name under his photo. Still, pretty darn [...]
Mailer on Prayer
What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Prayer. Of all the lofty practices, it is the most abused. Church professionals lead the scurry crew who profit from pushing prayer. From a Proust Questionnaire answered by Norman Mailer in Vanity Fair. Thanks for the links, Ray. Here’s another (I can’t resist): Which living person do [...]
Mailer on Technology
My freshmen have been reading Mailer’s Why Are We at War? I’ve enjoyed going through it a couple of times. I like the end, where he includes snippets of ideas; among them is this one on “technology”: Given the modern world of technology, I don’t know whether the race or culture question is paramount. The [...]
The Mailer Review
By now, anyone who is interested knows that American novelist Norman Mailer has published a new novel: The Castle in the Forest. What you may not know is that I was mentioned in a recent The Tampa Tribune article about Mailer, his new novel, and the upcoming premiere edition of The Mailer Review. The TBO [...]
Mailer on the Beach
This is a test of Picasa Web Albums. I might begin to use it for my professional images, rather than Flickr’s free account. Maybe.