Norman Mailer: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Two works on the life of Mailer are Carl Rollyson, The Lives of Norman Mailer (1991); and Adele Mailer, The Last Party: Scenes from My Life with Norman Mailer (1997). Critical interpretations include Richard Poirier, Norman Mailer (1972); Laura Adams, Existential Battles: The Growth of Norman Mailer (1976); Philip H. Bufithis, Norman Mailer (1978); Robert Merrill, Norman Mailer Revisited (1992); and Michael K. Glenday, Norman Mailer (1995).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Norman Mailer. Sep 12, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 27, 2026
Anniversary information added. Nov 06, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - An Interview with Norman Mailer. Oct 16, 2025
Add new Web site: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Science - Norman Mailer: In Search of Sociable Man: A Study of His Selected Works (PDF). Jul 25, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - The Essay - Norman Mailer. Jun 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Official Site of Norman Mailer Society. Aug 23, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Norman Mailer's Existentialism; Or, the Divine Essence of Psychopathy. Nov 10, 2023
Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Norman Mailer: Mailer on Mailer. Mar 24, 2023
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Norman Mailer. Dec 23, 2022
Media added. Sep 30, 2021
Add new Web site: Famous Authors - Norman Mailer. Jan 29, 2021
Add new Web site: New York State Writers Institute - Norman Mailer. Feb 01, 2019
Add new Web site: Amercian Society of Authors and Writers - Norman Mailer. Feb 11, 2013
Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Biography of Norman Mailer. Feb 11, 2013
Media added. May 15, 2008
Article revised and updated. Jan 03, 2008
Article revised and updated. Nov 13, 2007
Added new Web site: American Authors - Biography of Norman Mailer. Jan 29, 2007
Added new Web site: Academy of Achievement - Norman Mailer. Jan 29, 2007
Added new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Norman Mailer. Jan 29, 2007
Added new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Norman Mailer: Mailer on Mailer. Jan 29, 2007
Added new Web site: Pegasos - Biography of Norman Mailer. Jan 29, 2007
Bibliography revised. Jul 07, 2006
Media added. Jul 07, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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