Addenda through 2006

Primary

Letters

Letter to the Editors. Copy of letter to Leonid I. Brezhnev, with other signatories. “Protest.” New York Review of Books 10:5. 14 Mar. 1968.

Letter to the Editors, with other signatories. “Violence in Oakland.” New York Review of Books 10:9. 9 May 1968.

Letter to the Editors. Copy of telegram to Hon. U Thant, with other signatories. “Protest.” New York Review of Books 12:6. 27 Mar. 1969.

Letter to the Editors, with other signatories. “The Committee to Defend the Conspiracy.” New York Review of Books 12:12. 19 June 1969.

Letter to the Editors, with other signatories. “Ford’s Better Idea.” New York Review of Books 19:11 & 12. 25 Jan. 1973.

Letter to the Editors. Open letter to the Prime Minister of Iran, with other signatories. “Words for the Shah.” New York Review of Books 24:19. 24 Nov. 1977.

Letter to the Editors, with other signatories. “In a Cuban Prison.” New York Review of Books 25:19. 7 Dec. 1978.

Letter to the Editors. Copy of letter to Mr. A. M. Rekunov, Procurator General of the USSR, with other signatories. “The Case of Alexandr Bogolovski.” New York Review of Books 31:15. 11 Oct. 1984.

Letter to the Editors, with other signatories. “Arrests in Poland.” New York Review of Books 33:13. 13 August 1986.

Letter to the Editors, with other signatories. “Celebrating Mencken.” New York Review of Books 37:4. 15 Mar. 1990.

Letter to President Clinton, with other signatories. “An Urgent Appeal from Pen American Center.” New York Review of Books 40:4. 11 Feb. 1993.

Letter to the Editors, with other signatories. AN OPEN LETTER to Prime Minister Paul Keating et al. “The Case of Wei Jingsheng.” New York Review of Books 43:3. 15 Feb. 1996.

Letter to the Editor, with other signatories. “JFK’s Assassination.” New York Review of Books 50:20. 18 Dec. 2003.

Letter; one of a series solicited by the Editors. “The Election and America’s Future.” The New York Review of Books 51:17. 4 Nov. 2004.

Letter to the Editors, as author of Oswald’s Tale, with other signatories. “Blocked.” New York Review of Books 52:13. 11 Aug. 2005.

2007

Primary

Books

The Castle in the Forest. New York: Random House, 2007.

On God: An Uncommon Conversation. With J. Michael Lennon. New York: Random House, 2007.

Book Contributions

Commentary. Knockout: The Art of Boxing. By Ken Regan. San Rafael, CA: Insight Editions, 2007.

Introduction. Marilyn Monroe. By Lawrence Schiller. Los Angeles: East End Editions KLS, 2007.

Interviews

“The Art of Fiction No. 193, Norman Mailer.” By Andrew O’Hagan. The Paris Review 49.181 (Summer 2007): 44+.

“The Author at Home.” Extract from Essay-Interview by Robert McCrum. The Observer [England] 11 Nov 2007: 28.

“The Devil in Norman Mailer.” By Michael Lee. Literary Review 50.4 (Summer 2007): 202–217.

“Devilish Motives.” Essay-Interview by John Freeman. Sydney Morning Herald [Australia] 20 Jan 2007: 30.

“Even at 84, Norman Mailer Refuses to Pull His Punches.” By Sue Fox. Sunday Express 8 July 2007, UK first ed.: 55.

“Get Your Ass off My Pillow.” By Andrew O’Hagan. Harper’s Magazine 315.1888 (Sep 2007): 22–24.

“In Conversation ... ; with Norman Mailer.” By Daniel Asa Rose. Washington Post 21 Jan 2007, final ed.: T07.

“The Lion in Winter: Norman Mailer Talks about Writing His First Novel in a Decade.” Essay-Interview by Caro Llewellyn. Weekend Australian 31 Mar 2007, pre-prints ed.: 1.

“Living like Heroes.” By Richard Wollheim. New Statesman 137.4871 (19 Nov 2007): 62. Abridged reprint of a 1961 interview promoting Advertisements for Myself.

“Mailer on Bush, Obama & Writing.” By Colin Miner. New York Sun 22 Jan 2007: 15.

“Mailer’s Novel Ideas about Hitler.” By Judy Stoffman. The Toronto Star 28 Jan 2007: C04.

“Norman Mailer.” By Mark Binelli. Rolling Stone 1025/1026 (3–17 May 2007): 69–70.

“Norman Mailer.” Survey-Interview by unknown author. Vanity Fair 557 (Jan 2007): 166.

“Now Age 84....” Essay-Interview by Allen Pierleoni. Sacramento Bee 4 Feb 2007, metro final ed.: TK22.

“A Portrait of the Devil as a Young Man.” By Dylan Foley. Star-Ledger 28 Jan 2007, final ed.: 6.

“The Rise of Mailerism.” Article-Interview by Michael Lennon. New York 40.36 (15 Oct 2007): 24+. Mailer discusses On God.

“The Sound and the Baby Führer.” By Gene Santaro. World War II 22.2 (May 2007): 23–25.

“Tough Guys Don’t Quit.” By Gregory Kirschling. Entertainment Weekly 916 (19 Jan 2007): 48.

“Writing with the Devil.” Q & A with Nan Goldberg. Boston Globe 4 Feb 2007, Magazine: 15.

Secondary

Essays, Articles, Book Chapters, and Dissertations

“Sex-Mad Mailer Enraged Rival.” New York Post 17 Jan 2007, Page Six: 12. Article discussing Ralph Ellison’s attitude toward Mailer, according to Ellison’s biographer.

Bancroft, Collette. “A Man of Many Letters.” St. Petersburg Times [Florida] 16 Oct 2007: 1E. A look at Mailer and Mailer scholarship on the occasion of both the publication of On God and the launch of Mailer Review.

Beach, Patrick. “Mailer’s Memories about to Open at Ransom Center.” Austin American-Statesman 23 Dec 2007, final ed.: J5.

Bennett, Bruce. “Mailer at the Movies.” New York Sun 20 July 2007: 11. Overview of Mailer’s films.

Brokaw, Leslie. “HFA Salutes Norman Mailer on Film.” Boston Globe 16 Sep 2007, third ed.: N11.

Bufithis, Philip. “The Executioner’s Song: A Life Beneath Our Conscience.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 77–79.

Burns, Paul C. “Transformation of Biblical Methods and Godhead in Norman Mailer’s Gospel.” In Jesus in Twentieth-Century Literature, Art, and Movies. Ed. Paul C. Burns. New York: Continuum, 2007.

Chaiken, Michael. “The Master’s Mercurial Mistress: How Norman Mailer Courted Chaos 24 Frames per Second.” Film Comment 43.4 (Jul/Aug 2007): 36–42.

Crook, Zeba. “Fictionalizing Jesus: Story and History in Two Recent Jesus Novels.” Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 5.1 (Jan 2007): 33–55.

Dickstein, Morris. “How Mailer Became ‘Mailer’: The Writer as Private and Public Character.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 118–31.

Duguid, Scott. “The Addiction of Masculinity: Norman Mailer’s Tough Guys Don’t Dance and the Cultural Politics of Reaganism.” Journal of Modern Literature 30.1 (2007): 23–30.

Freeman, John. “Writers Remain a Robust Bunch.” St. Petersburg Times [Florida] 28 Jan 2007: 1E. Article about the continued productivity of aging “literary giants” Mailer, Updike, and Roth.

Gottlieb, Akiva. “Norman Mailer, Auteur.” Forward 20 Jul 2007: B1+. Article on Mailer’s films, on the occasion of the New York exhibit “The Mistress and the Muse: The Films of Norman Mailer.”

James, Clive. “Norman Mailer.” In Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts. New York: W.W. Norton, 2007. 409–413.

Goldfarb, Reuven. “The Jewish Mailer.” Jerusalem Post 20 Nov 2007: 14.

Henderson, Cathy, Richard W. Oram, Molly Schwartzburg, and Molly Hardy. “Mailer Takes on America: Images from the Ransom Center Archive.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 141–75.

Holmes, Constance E. and J. Michael Lennon. “Norman Mailer: Supplemental Bibliography through 2006.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 234–60.

Houpt, Simon. “Still a Brawler at Heart.” Globe and Mail [Canada] 27 Jan 2007: R4.

Howard, Gerald. “Mailer Gets Hammered.” New York Times Book Review 26 Aug 2007, late ed. final: 27. Essay discussing Mailer’s films, focusing on Maidstone.

Howley, Ashton. “Mailer Again: Heterophobia in Tough Guys Don’t Dance.” Journal of Modern Literature 30.1 (2007): 31–46.

J. C. “White Mischief.” TLS: Times Literary Supplement 26 Oct 2007: 36. Includes brief mention of Mailer Review.

Junod, Tom. “The Last Man Standing.” Esquire 147.1 (Jan 2007): 108–133.

Kachka, Boris. “Mr. Tenditious.” New York 40.2 (15 Jan 2007): 62. Recaps Mailer’s history of responding negatively—even violently—to criticism.

Kaufmann, Donald L. “An American Dream: The Singular Nightmare.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 194–205.

Kennedy, William. “Norman Mailer as Occasional Commentator in a Self-Interview and Memoir.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 11–26.

Kriegel, Leonard. “Mailer’s Hitler: Round One.” Sewanee Review 115.4 (Fall 2007): 615–620.

Lennon, J. Michael. “Gallery Talk: The Mailer Archive.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 132–40.

———. “Norman Mailer: Novelist, Journalist, or Historian?” Journal of Modern Literature 30.1 (2007): 91–103.

———. (ed. and note): “‘A Series of Tragicomedies’: Mailer’s Letters on The Deer Park, 1954–55.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 45–79.

Long, Karen Haymon. “Mailer in Review.” Tampa Tribune 18 Nov 2007, final ed., Baylife: 1. Discusses the formation of the Mailer Society and the annual conference, focusing on Tampa-area members and the launch of the Mailer Review out of USF.

Lucid, Robert F. “[Boston State Hospital: The Summer of 1942].” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 27–33. Excerpt from incomplete authorized biography.

Masters, Brian. “So Are Some People Really Born Evil?” Daily Mail [London] 19 April 2007, first ed.: 14. Article discussing The Castle in the Forest in relation to an actual scientific study on evil and genetics.

McDonald, Brian. “Post-Holocaust Theodicy, American Imperialism, and the ‘Very Jewish Jesus’ of Norman Mailer’s The Gospel According to the Son.” Journal of Modern Literature 30.1 (2007): 78–90.

Meloy, Michael. Sex Fiends of the Fifties: Intersections of Violence, Sexuality, and Masculinity in the Work of Norman Mailer, William Styron, and Ken Kesey. Diss. U of South Carolina, 2007. Ann Arbor: UMI, 2007. AAT 3280339.

Middlebrook, Jonathan: “Five Notes toward a Reassessment of Norman Mailer.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 179–83.

Partridge, Jeffrey F. L. “The Gospel According to the Son and Christian Belief.” Journal of Modern Literature 30.1 (2007): 64–77.

Petigny, Alan. “Norman Mailer, ‘The White Negro,’ and New Conceptions of the Self in Postwar America.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 184–93.

Rampton, David. “Plexed Artistry: The Formal Case for Mailer’s Harlot’s Ghost.” Journal of Modern Literature 30.1 (2007): 47–63.

Rollyson, Carl. “Mailer’s Other Career.” Village Voice 52.29 (18–24 Jul 2007): 68. On the occasion of the New York exhibit, “The Mistress and the Muse: The Films of Norman Mailer.”

Rose, Daniel Asa. “Advertisements for a Gay Self.” New York 40.4 (5 Feb 2007): 9. Brief comment praising Mailer’s treatment of homosexuality in The Castle in the Forest.

Ryan, James Emmett. “‘Insatiable as Good Old America’: Tough Guys Don’t Dance and Popular Criminality.” Journal of Modern Literature 30.1 (2007): 17–22.

Scott, A.O. “Norman Mailer Unbound.” New York Times 20 Jul 2007, late ed. final, east coast: E1+. Discuss/reviews Mailer’s films in anticipation of a screening at Lincoln Center.

Severs, Jeffrey Frank. Reinventing Totalitarianism in the Postwar American Novel. Diss. Harvard U, 2007. Ann Arbor: UMI, 2007. AAT 3265089.

———. “The Untold Story behind The Executioner’s Song: A Conversation with Lawrence Schiller.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 81–117.

Singer, Mark. “Tough Guy.” The New Yorker 83.13 (21 May 2007): 30. Reports on the reminiscences of Mailer and his original cast at the twentieth reunion of Tough Guys Don’t Dance.

Snyder, Michael. “Crises of Masculinity: Homosocial Desire and Homosexual Panic in the Critical Cold War Narratives of Mailer and Coover.” Critique 48.3 (Spring 2007): 250–278.

Solomon, Barbara Probst. “Mailer’s Choice.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 223–28.

Walker, Kevin. “Bull’s-Eye.” Tampa Tribune 12 Feb 2007, Baylife: 1. Discuss Mailer’s 2004 visit to USF and the recent launch of the Mailer Review out of USF’s English department.

Wasserman, Barbara Mailer. “Growing Up with Mailer.” Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 176–78.

Whalen-Bridge, John. “The Karma of Words: Mailer since Executioner’s Song.” Journal of Modern Literature 30.1 (2007): 1–16.

Wieseltier, Leon. “Smirks.” New Republic 237.9 (5 Nov 2007): 56. Musings on religion and popular culture which begin with a passage from and comments about On God.

Wilson, Andrew J. Norman Mailer: An American Aesthetic. Diss. U of Essex [U.K.], 2007. Ann Arbor: UMI, 2007. AAT C828492.

Wright, Geoffrey A. On Foreign Soil: Geographies of Experience in American Combat Narratives. Diss. U of Tulsa, 2007. Ann Arbor: UMI, 2007. AAT 3255379.

Zirakzadeh, Cyrus Ernesto. “Political Prophecy in Contemporary American Literature: The Left-Conservative Vision of Norman Mailer.” Review of Politics 69.4 (Fall 2007): 625–649.

Book Reviews

“His Perfect Sense of the Other.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. New Criterion 25.6 (Feb 2007): 1–2.

“Little Hitler.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Economist 20 Jan 2007, Books & Arts: 92.

“Mailer Brings out the Devil in Hitler.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Times [London] 8 Aug 2007: 21.

“Norman Mailer Digs into Hitler’s Childhood.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Weekend All Things Considered (27 Jan 2007): 1.

“Norman Mailer Writes a Novel about Adolf Hitler’s Childhood.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Gleaner [New Brunswick] 27 Jan 2007: C4.

Abell, Stephen. “The Anality of Evil.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. TLS: Times Literary Supplement 16 Feb 2007: 21–22.

Allen, Bruce. “Mailer Asks: Who Made Hitler?” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. News & Observer 28 Jan 2007, final ed.: G5.

Allington, Patrick. “Devil’s Disciple.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Advertiser [Australia] 12 May 2007, state ed.: W10.

Amidon, Stephen. “Portrait of a Monster.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Sunday Times [London] 4 Feb 2007: 54.

Anderson, Don. “Devil of a Time.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Weekend Australian 7 Apr 2007, Qld Review ed.: 10.

Anshen, D. “An Enigmatic Development.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. American Book Review 28.6 (Sep/Oct 2007): 18.

Arditti, Michael. “New Fiction.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Daily Mail [London] 16 Feb 2007, first ed.: 72.

Bainbridge, Beryl. “Devil’s Plaything: Norman Mailer has Produced an Electrifying Inquiry into the Nature of Evil.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Guardian [London] 10 Feb 2007, final ed.: 16.

Bancroft, Colette. “Hitler: the Intimacy of Evil.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. St. Petersburg Times [Florida] 4 Feb 2007: 10L.

Barron, John. “The Devil Made Hitler Do It, According to Norman Mailer.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Chicago Sun-Times 21 Jan 2007, final ed.: B12.

Bate, Jonathan. “Fiction: Jonathan Bate is Dismayed by Norman Mailer’s Account of Hitler in Short Trousers.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Sunday Telegraph [London] 11 Feb 2007, sec. Seven: 41.

Battersby, Eileen. “Young Hitler Defeats Mailer.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Irish Times 10 Feb 2007, Weekend: 11.

Begiebing, Robert J. “Castle Mailer.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 215–22.

Boyagoda, Randy. “Mailer on Hitler Still No Moby-Dick.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Globe and Mail [Canada] 27 Jan 2007: D6.

Boyd, William. “Hitler Youth.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Washington Post 21 Jan 2007, final ed.: T07.

———. “Mailer Takes on a Juvenile Hitler.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. St. Louis Post-Dispatch 21 Jan 2007, fourth ed.: F8.

Brown, Phil. “Books.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Brisbane News [Australia] 18 Apr 2007: 28.

Cartwright, Justin. “The Devil’s Work.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Guardian [London] 3 Feb 2007, final ed.: 3. [Note: Also printed in the Age (Melbourne) under a different headline.]

Chancellor, Jennifer. “Norman Mailer Turns his ‘Creative Nonfiction’ Form Loose on Hitler.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Tulsa World 11 Feb 2007, final home ed.: H7.

Coale, Sam. “Mailer’s Hitler a Troubled Blank.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Providence Journal [Rhode Island] 28 Jan 2007: I11.

Coetzee, J.M. “Portrait of the Monster as a Young Artist.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. New York Review of Books 54.2 (15 Feb 2007): 8.

Cohen, Joshua. “Early Hitler, Late Mailer.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Forward 2 Feb 2007: B2.

Craven, Peter. “American Bull in a Pig Sty.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Age [Melbourne] 7 Apr 2007, first ed., sec. A2: 21.

Cryer, Dan. “Mailer’s Hitler Novel Makes Satan a Snooze.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest Atlanta Journal-Constitution 21 Jan 2007: L5.

Davis, Duane. “Devil in the Details.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Rocky Mountain News [Denver, CO] 19 Jan 2007, final ed.: 23D.

Donahue, Deirdre. “On Either Side of the Divine Divide.” Rev. of On God: An Uncommon Conversation. USA Today 6 Nov 2007, final ed.: D6.

Driscoll, Ian. “Sympathy for the Devil.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. South China Morning Post 11 Feb 2007: 1.

Eichenberger, Bill. “Satan’s Little Helper.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Columbus Dispatch [Ohio] 21 Jan 2007, home final ed.: 07D.

Eyman, Scott. “A Devil of a Time.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Palm Beach Post [Florida] 28 Jan 2007, final ed.: 8J.

Fitterman, Lisa. “The Origins of Evil: Hitler Defies Mailer’s Intriguing Theme.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Gazette [Montreal] 27 Jan 2007, final ed.: J8.

Foley, Dylan. “Hitler’s Youth.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Denver Post 28 Jan 2007, final ed.: F13.

Franklin, Ruth. “The Prisoner of Sex.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. New Republic 236.8–9 (19 Feb 2007): 26–29.

Freeman, John. “Devil’s Advocate.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. National Post [Canada] 20 Jan 2007: WP5. [Note: Versions of this article appear elsewhere under different headlines.]

Galer, Kit. “Hitler Was Devil’s Work.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Herald-Sun [Australia] 7 Apr 2007, first ed.: W25.

Gates, David. “The Devil Wears Swastikas.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Newsweek, US ed. 149.3 (15 Jan 2007): 66.

Gathman, Roger. “Why Are We in Nazi Germany?” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Austin American-Statesman 21 Jan 2007, final ed.: J05.

Griffiths, Paul Y. “Diabolical Conception.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Commonweal 134.9 (4 May 2007): 24–26.

Gross, J. “Young Adolf.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Commentary 123.3 (March 2007): 59–63.

Hansen, Ron. “Monster House.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Los Angeles Times 21 Jan 2007, home ed.: R3.

Hinckley, David. “Young Adolf.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Daily News [New York] 21 Jan 2007, sports final ed.: 20.

Hoover, Bob. “Playtime for Hitler.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 21 Jan 2007, five star ed.: F7.

Indiana, Gary. “The Devil You Know, The Devil You Don’t.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. www.villagevoice.com. 23 Jan 2007.

Horton, Marc. “The New Buzz on Hitler.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Edmonton Journal [Alberta] 28 Jan 2007, final ed.: E12.

Kennedy, Douglas. “At Home with Young Hitler.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Times [London] 10 Feb 2007: 5.

Kennedy, Mark. “Norman Mailer Plays Devil’s Advocate in his Portrait of Adolf Hitler’s Childhood.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Associated Press 25 Jan 2007, Entertainment News.

Levin, Martin. “Mailer’s Maker.” Rev. of On God: An Uncommon Conversation. Globe and Mail [Canada] 20 Oct 2007: D21.

Lewis, Roger. “Harrowing Vision of Hitler’s Youth.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Sunday Express 25 Feb 2007, UK first ed.: 70.

Mabe, Chauncey. “Richly Imagined Genesis of Evil with Some Help from the Devil.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Salt Lake Tribune 10 Feb 2007, Sunday Arts: page unknown. [Note: A version of this article also appears in the Record under a different title.]

Mallon, Thomas. “Portrait of a Young Dictator.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Wall Street Journal 20 Jan 2007, eastern ed.: P1+

Marchand, Philip. “The Most Mysterious.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Toronto Star 28 Jan 2007: D05.

Mars-Jones, Adam. “When a Master Addresses a Monster.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Observer [England] 11 Mar 2007: 22. [Note: A version of this article also appears in the Sunday Independent (Ireland) under a different headline.]

Maslin, Janet. “Putting Hitler on the Couch, and Finding Bees.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. New York Times 19 Jan 2007, late ed. final, east coast: E2+

Massie, Allan. “The Devil in Young Adolf.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Scotsman 17 Feb 2007, critique ed.: 16.

Matthews, Charles. “The Devil’s in the Details.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Houston Chronicle 21 Jan 2007, 2 star ed.: 19.

McCrum, Robert. “Alpha Mailer.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Observer [England] 4 Feb 2007, Observer Magazine: 14+.

McLemee, Scott. “The Root of All Hitler’s Evil.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Newsday [New York] 28 Jan 2007: C27.

McMillan, Alister. “The Castle in the Forest.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. South China Morning Post 13 May 2007: 5.

Mickums, Vicki. “Devil is in Details of Hitler’s Life.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Dayton Daily News 21 Jan 2007: D12.

Miller, Gregory. “The Executioner’s Song.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. San Diego Union-Tribune 28 Jan 2007, Books: 1.

Minzesheimer, Bob. “Mailer plays devil’s advocate.” Rev. of Castle in the Forest. USA Today 15 Jan 2007, final ed.: 1D. [Note: Versions of this article also appear elsewhere under different headlines.]

Moore, Clayton. “God, Faith According to Mailer.” Rev. of On God: An Uncommon Conversation. Rocky Mountain News 19 Oct 2007, final ed.: 44.

Nesvisky, Matt. “Young Hitler as a Satanic Puppet.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Jerusalem Report (2 Apr 2007): 69.

Novick, Abe. “Fuhrer Explorer.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Baltimore Jewish Times 26 Jan 2007: 51. [Note: A version of this review also appears in a later issue of the same publication.] Parker, James. “Old Devil.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Boston Globe 21 Jan 2007, first ed.: F2.

Poole, Steven. “Sympathy for the Devil.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. New Statesman 136.4830 (19 Feb 2007): 54–55.

Ricks, Christopher. “The Devil Only Knows.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 206–14.

Rollyson, Carl. “Mailer: Lost in the Forest in Search of Adolf Hitler.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. New York Sun 17 Jan 2007, Arts & Letters: 1.

Romano, Carlin. “Who Needs Another Book on Hitler? Even One by Mailer?” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Philadelphia Enquirer 21 Jan 2007: H01. [Note: A version of this article also appears in the Courier Mail (Australia) under a different headline.]

Ross, Allen. “Then and Now.” TLS: Times Literary Supplement 16 Nov 2007: 16. Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Partial reprint of May 20, 1949 review of The Naked and the Dead.

Salutin, Rick. “Enough with the Evil.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Globe and Mail [Canada] 2 Feb 2007: A19.

Santoro, Gene. “Did the Devil Make Hitler Do It?” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. World War II 22.2 (May 2007): 74.

Seligman, Craig. “Mailer Paints Hitler as Evil Spawn of Hate.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Windsor Star [Ontario] 27 Jan 2007, final ed.: G8.

Selway, Jennifer. “No Rewards in Mailer’s Devil of a Work on Hitler.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Express 16 Feb 2007, UK first ed.: 50.

Shechner, Mark. “Sympathy for the Devil: A Fictional Portrait.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Buffalo News 21 Jan 2007, final ed.: G4.

Shriver, Lionel. “Downfall of a Creepy Brat.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Daily Telegraph [London] 10 Feb 2007: 23.

Siegel, Lee. “Maestro of the Human Ego.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. New York Times Book Review (21 Jan 2007): 1+. [Note: A version of this article also appears in the International Herald Tribune under a different headline.] Silman, Roberta. “A Legion of Devils and Their Protégé, the Young Hitler, Populate Norman Mailer’s Nonsensical New Novel.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Boston Globe 21 Jan 2007, first ed.: F6.

Simon, Jeff. “Ruminations on the Almighty.” Rev. of On God: An Uncommon Conversation. Buffalo News 11 Nov 2007, final ed.: F6.

Sipiora, Phillip. “Moments of Metaphor in Mailer’s Castle.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Mailer Review 1.1 (Fall 2007): 229–33.

———. “Mailer Recounts Hitler’s Youth with Usual Metaphor Mastery.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Tampa Tribune 28 Jan 2007, final ed., Baylife: 7.

Smee, Jess. “Mailer’s Young Hitler Novel Angers Germans.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Guardian [London] 29 Jan 2007, final ed.: 17.

Sullivan, Jane. “Balancing the Monstrous and the Banal.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Age [Melbourne] 28 Apr 2007, first ed.: 30.

Sweeney, James F. “Mailer’s Hitler Novel Mixes Facts with Speculation.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Newhouse News Service 24 Jan 2007, Entertainment.

Swensen, Jason. “‘Castle’ Taps Roots of Hitler’s Evil Past.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Deseret Morning News [Salt Lake City] 18 Feb 2007: E12.

Swift, Daniel. “Devil’s Advocate Satan is an All-too-Real Presence in Norman Mailer’s Odd Life of Hitler.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. London Financial Times 3 Feb 2007: 30.

Szichman, Mario. “Making of a Monster.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Charleston Gazette 28 Jan 2007: P2F. [Note: Versions of this article also appear elsewhere under different headlines.]

Ulin, David L. “In Mailer’s World, God Looks a Lot Like a Novelist” Rev. of On God: An Uncommon Conversation. Los Angeles Times 16 Oct 2007, Entertainment.

Upchurch, Michael. “Mailer’s Hitler: A Youth with Diabolical Overtones.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Seattle Times 28 Jan 2007, fourth ed.: K8.

Weinberger, Eric. “Funny Peculiar and Ha-Ha.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Spectator. (17 Feb 2007).

Weiss, Philip. “Satan, Meet Norman.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. New York Observer 22 Jan 2007: 1.

Wilhelm, Peter. “Fearless Scrutiny of Evil.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Financial Mail [South Africa] 22 June 2007: 92.

Willimon, William. “The Castle in the Forest: A Novel.” Rev. of Castle in the Forest. Christian Century 124.11 (29 May 2007): 40–41.

Wolfe, Peter. “The Devil to Pay in Young Adolf.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Sydney Morning Herald [Australia] 24 Mar 2007, first ed.: 32.

Wright, David. “The Castle in the Forest.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Library Journal 132.9 (15 May 2007): 128–130.

Yanofsky, Joel. “The Hitlers too much like the Addams Family.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. National Post [Canada] 17 Feb 2007, national ed.: WP12.

Yarbrough, Steve. “Mailer Explores Nature of Evil via Hitler’s Boyhood.” Rev. of The Castle in the Forest. Sunday Oregonian 21 Jan 2007, sunrise ed.: O17.

Obituaries and Retrospectives

“The Bad Boy of U.S. Literature.” Sunday Times [London] 11 Nov 2007: 20.

“A Brawler who Never Pulled a Punch.” Irish Times 12 Nov 2007: 10.

“Heavyweight: Mailer’s Life and Work Were Outsized.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 14 Nov 2007: B6.

“Legendary Writer with Particular Love for the Irish.” Irish Independent 12 Nov 2007: page unknown.

“A Life of Writing, Boozing and Brawling.” Edmonton Journal 11 Nov 2007, final ed.: A3.

“Mailer won pair of Pulitzers.” Variety 409.1 (19–25 Nov 2007): 55.

“Mailer’s Ghost.” New York 40.42 (26 Nov 2007): 32. Revisits the seven covers of New York Magazine that have featured Mailer, either as author or subject.

“Norman Mailer.” Economist, US ed. 385.8555 (17 Nov 2007): 103.

“Norman Mailer.” Sunday Independent [Ireland] 11 Nov 2007: page unknown.

“Norman Mailer.” Times [London] 12 Nov 2007: 53.

“Norman Mailer.” Independent [London] 13 Nov 2007, first ed.: 34.

“Norman Mailer.” Times Union 15 Nov 2007, one star ed.: A12.

“Norman Mailer, 1923–2007.” Cincinnati Post 12 Nov 2007: C10.

“Norman Mailer, 84.” Newsweek 151.1 (31 Dec 2007): 106.

“Obituary of Norman Mailer.” Daily Telegraph [London] 12 Nov 2007: 25.

“Pulitzer Prize Author Norman Mailer Dies at 84.” Providence Journal 11 Nov 2007: A6.

Allen-Mills, Tony. “Norman Mailer, Literary Rebel, Dies.” Sunday Times [London] 11 Nov 2007: 1+. [Note: Also printed in the Australian under a different headline.]

Ambrose, Jay. “Remembering Mailer.” Knoxville News Sentinel 25 Nov 2007: 73.

Andriani, Lynn: “A Prolific Life to the End.” Publishers Weekly 254.56 (19 Nov 2007): 8.

Associated Press. “Literary Lion Sparked American Debate.” Daily Variety 12 Nov 2007: 2.

———. “Writers Remember Mailer.” Times Union 13 Nov 2007, one star ed.: E5. Comments on Mailer by New York authors and journalists, on the occasion of his death.

Baddiel, David. “For Norman Mailer, Authenticity was all about Masculinity.” Times [London] 17 Nov 2007: 3.

Bancroft, Colette. “‘He was Much More’ than a Writer.” St. Petersburg Times [Florida] 11 Nov 2007, South Pinellas ed.: 1A.

Barnes, Bart. “A Blustery Force in Life and Letters.” Washington Post 11 Nov 2007, Met 2 Ed.: A01. [Note: Version of this article also printed elsewhere under different headlines.]

Bernstein, Mashey. “In Different Way, Norman Mailer was a Deeply Jewish Writer.” Deep South Jewish Voice 18.1 (Dec 2007): 100+.

Blau, Rosie and Martin Mulligan. “Pulling No Punches to the End.” London Financial Times 12 Nov 2007, U.S. ed.: 13.

Boyd, Herb. “When James Baldwin Met Norman Mailer.” New York Amsterdam News 15 Nov 2007: 1+.

Burke, Cathy and Todd Venezia. “Literary Pug and Original Hipster Mailer, 84, Dies.” New York Post 11 Nov 2007, News: 7.

Calabrese, Erin. “Widow Defends Mailer, Says He ‘Loved Women.’ ” New York Post 19 Nov 2007, News: 14.

Campbell, James. “Norman Mailer: Pugnacious Journalist and Author.” Guardian [London] 12 Nov 2007, final ed.: 34.

Cappell, Ezra. “Norman Mailer: A Man of Letters Inspired by the People of the Book.” Forward 16 Nov 2007: A1+.

Clark, Roy Peter. “Two Minutes with Mailer.” St. Petersburg Times [Florida] 15 Nov 2007: 1E.

Clarke, Toni. “Writer Norman Mailer dies at 84.” Irish Times 12 Nov 2007: 10.

Craig, Olga. “A Life of Books, Bars, Brawling.” Gazette [Montreal] 11 Nov 2007, final ed.: A3.

Crosbie, Lynn. “Believe it: This was the Man who Loved Women.” Globe and Mail [Canada] 12 Nov 2007: R1.

Crossen, Cynthia. “Readback: When Normal Mailer Was Nobody: 1948’s ‘The Naked and the Dead’ Was Written Before He Was Famous, And That Is Its Greatest Blessing.” Wall Street Journal Online (15 Nov 2007). http://www.wallstreetjournal.com.

Cryer, Dan and Aileen Jacobson. “Norman Mailer 1923–2007: A Literary Icon Dies.” Newsday 11 Nov 2007, Nassau and Suffolk ed.: A08.

D’Alessio, Jeff. “A Life Written and Lived on a Large Scale: Norman Mailer 1923–2007.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution 11 Nov 2007: A5. Reactions from Atlanta residents on the life and death of Mailer.

Deignan, Tom. “Mailer: More Irish than the Irish.” Irish Voice 21.47 (21–27 Nov 2007): 11.

Demirel, Selçuk. “Norman Mailer.” Nation 285.18 (3 Dec 2007): 8.

Dickstein, Morris. “The Nijinsky of Ambivalence.” Nation 285.19 (10 Dec 2007): 48–52.

———. “The Un-generation.” Los Angeles Times 30 Dec 2007: R4. Retrospective comparing the lives and careers of Mailer, Kurt Vonnegut and Grace Paley, who all died in 2007 at the age of 84.

Duggan, Keith. “Two-Fisted Mailer Finally Counter Out.” Irish Times 17 Nov 2007: 12.

Epstein, Jason. “Norman Mailer (1923–2007).” New York Review of Books 54.20 (20 Dec 2007): 10.

Eyman, Scott. “Mailer’s Works Made Deep Impression on Post-WWII Political, Cultural Landscape.” Palm Beach Post 11 Nov 2007, final ed.: 1A.

Fee, Gayle and Laura Raposa. “Mailer’s Car Tale Resurrected.” Boston Herald 14 Nov 2007, News: 20.

Feeney, Mark. “Norman Mailer, Self-titled King of the Literary Hill, Dies at 84.” Boston Globe 11 Nov 2007, third ed., Obituaries: A1.

Fields, Suzanne. “Recalling My Mailer Crush.” Washington Times 15 Nov 2007: A 21. [Note: Versions of this article also appear elsewhere under similar headlines.]

Fulford, Robert. “The Failed Career of Norman Mailer.” National Post [Canada] 12 Nov 2007, national ed.: A13.

Gagen, Thomas. “Advertisements for Himself.” Boston Globe 13 Nov 2007, third ed.: A14.

Gallo, Bill. “Mailer was a True Heavyweight.” Daily News [New York] 18 Nov 2007, sports final ed.: 94.

Gelernter, David. “Captain Hornblower.” Weekly Standard 13.11 (26 Nov 2007): 41.

Greer, Bonnie. “Mailer: Truth without Fear.” Canberra Times [Australia] 14 Nov 2007, final ed.: A15.

Guillermo, Emil. “Bits of Obits: Three of My Heroes Pass On.” Asiaweek. 4.13 (16–22 Nov 2007): 5.

Haden-Guest, Anthony. “Last Round for the Wife Stabbing, Critic Punching Bruiser of Books.” Mail on Sunday [London] 11 Nov 2007: FB 58.

Harris, Paul. “Mailer, Giant of American Literature, Dies at 84.” Observer [England] 11 Nov 2007: 1.

Heaton, Michael. “A Vain Man with Stories to Share.” Plain Dealer 7 Dec 2007, final ed.: T03. Despite the title, this is a nice little piece that includes the author’s personal memories of Mailer.

Henry, Marcus. “Heavyweight Writer.” Newsday 11 Nov 2007, Nassau and Suffolk ed.: B49.

Hitchens, Christopher. “Pint-sized Jewish Fireplug Left His Imprint on the Post-war Decades.” Weekend Australian 17 Nov 2007, all-round country ed.: 21.

Hoover, Bob. “Groundbreaking Writer Norman Mailer Dies at 84.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 11 Nov 2007, two star ed.: A1.

Italie, Hillel. “Vale, Norman Mailer: Indomitable until the end.” Courier Mail [Australia] 12 Nov 2007, first ed.: 14. [Note: Versions of this article also printed elsewhere under different headlines.]

Jerome, Richard, Natasha Stoynoff and Kathy Ehrich Dowd. “Norman Mailer.” People 68.22 (26 Nov 2007): 182.

Jones, Malcolm. “Sentry of a Century.” Newsweek, US ed. 150.21 (19 Nov 2007): 64–65.

Kakutani, Michiko. “A Novelist’s Nonfiction Captured the American Spirit.” New York Times 11 Nov 2007, late ed. final, sec. 1: 32.

Kennedy, K. “The Pugilist at Rest.” Sports Illustrated 107.20 (19 Nov 2007): 23.

Kimball, Roger, et al. “The Polarizing Legacy of Norman Mailer.” Chronicle of Higher Education 54.13 (23 Nov 2007): B4.

Kirschling, Gregory. “Norman Mailer 1923–2007.” Entertainment Weekly 965 (23 Nov 2007): 74–76.

Lacayo, Richard. “Norman Mailer.” Time 170.22 (26 Nov 2007): 26.

Lauinger, John and Howard Kissel. “Norman Mailer 1923–2007. Brilliant and Bellicose. Legendary Literary Giant Silenced.” Daily News [New York] 11 Nov 2007, sports final ed.: 5.

Lawson, Mark. “The King of Faction.” Guardian [London] 12 Nov 2007, final ed.: 31.

Leith, Sam. “Norman Mailer’s Impact was Fed by His Own Myth.” Daily Telegraph [London] 12 Nov 2007: 22.

Levin, Martin. “Advertisements for Himself.” Globe and Mail [Canada] 17 Nov 2007: D17. Recaps the Globe and Mail’s archived reviews of Mailer’s books.

Lewis, Roger. “The Champ: Norman Mailer: January 31, 1923–November 10, 2007.” Sunday Express [UK] 11 Nov 2007, UK first ed.: 39.

Long, Karen R. “Writer Norman Mailer Dies at 84.” Plain Dealer 11 Nov 2007, final ed.: A4.

Lusetich, Robert and Hillel Italie. “Fight ends for Norman Mailer.” Australian [Australia] 12 Nov. 2007, Local: 1.

Lynch, Declan. “A Life Battling Against Bullshit and Bores.” Sunday Independent [Ireland] 18 Nov 2007: page unknown.

Magwood, Michele. “Beware the Mellowed Mailer.” Sunday Times [South Africa] 11 Mar 2007, lifestyle ed., Arts: 14.

Marchand, Philip. “Norman Mailer, dead at 84.” Toronto Star 11 Nov 2007: E01.

Marquard, Brian. “A Literary Lion’s Quiet Coda in Provincetown.” Boston Globe 14 Nov 2007, third ed.: B1.

Martin, Andrew. “Can any Writer Take a Leaf out of Norman Mailer’s Book?” Sunday Express 18 Nov 2007, UK first ed.: 28.

Martin, Philip. “So Long Norman—Last of His Tribe.” Arkansas Democratic Gazette 13 Nov 2007: 27.

McGrath, Charles. “Norman Mailer, Towering Writer With a Matching Ego, Dies at 84.” New York Times 11 Nov 2007, late ed. final, sec. 1: 1+. [Note: Versions of this article also printed elsewhere under different headlines.]

Minzesheimer, Bob. “Author Norman Mailer Pulled no Literary Punches.” USA Today 12 Nov 2007: D3.

Molitorisz, Sacha. “Why We Should Weep for Mailer.” Sydney Morning Herald [Australia] 14 Nov 2007, first ed.: 22.

Nesvisky, Matt. “Norman Mailer: 1923–2007.” Jerusalem Report (24 Dec 2007): 38.

Novick, Abe. “Mailer’s Footnote.” Baltimore Jewish Times 299.4 (23 Nov 2007): 10.

O’Hagan, Andrew. “Mailer: A Writer with a very Human Heart.” Daily Telegraph [London] 13 Nov 2007: 25.

Paglia, Camille. “Norman Mailer.” Rolling Stone 1042–1043 (27 Dec 2007): 102–103.

Purcell, Andrew. “The Life and Crimes of Norman Mailer.” Sunday Herald 11 Feb 2007: 18.

Pyle, Richard. “A Great American Voice.” Chicago Sun-Times 11 Nov 2007, final ed.: A35. [Note: Versions of this article also appear elsewhere under different headlines.]

Reuters. “Mailer Leaves Literary Legacy.” Toronto Sun 11 Nov 2007, News: 23.

Roberts, Sam. “Mailer’s Nonfiction Legacy: His 1969 Race for Mayor.” New York Times 18 Nov 2007, late ed. final, sec 1: 45.

Rollins, Ron. “Mailer’s Pen Could Wield Literary Power.” Dayton Daily News 18 Nov 2007: D7.

Rollyson, Carl. “Norman Mailer, a Top American Novelist.” New York Sun 12 Nov 2007, Obits: 2.

Rosenbaum, Thane. “Augie March, in the Flesh.” Jewish Week [New York] 16 Nov 2007: 1+.

Rosenheim, Andrew. “Norman Mailer: Pugnacious Writer whose Talent was too often Obscured by the Frantic Circus of his Personal Life.” Independent [London] 12 Nov 2007, first ed.: 42.

Salm, Arthur. “Norman Mailer Knew his Way Around Sentence Structure.” San Diego Union-Tribune 18 Nov 2007: H1.

Schaffer, Michael D. “An American Literary Giant.” Philadelphia Enquirer 11 Nov 2007, City-D ed., Obituaries: A01.

Sherwell, Philip and Julie Henry. “Norman Mailer Dies, Aged 84.” Sunday Telegraph [London] 11 Nov 2007: 2.

Simon, Jeff. “Mailer, Quintessential and Controversial.” Buffalo News 12 Nov 2007, central ed.: A1.

Smith, Kyle. “A Boy’s Life.” Wall Street Journal 16 Nov 2007, eastern ed.: W13. Retrospective on Mailer’s career that negatively criticizes most of his work, including his final novel.

Snider, Norman. “Norman’s conquest.” Globe and Mail [Canada] 17 Nov 2007: D19.

Syed, Matthew. “Heavyweight King of Ring Craft.” Times [London] 13 Nov 2007: 69.

Szaniszio, Marie. “Norman Mailer Dies at Age 84.” Boston Herald 11 Nov 2007, News: 12.

Taki. “Mailer and me.” Spectator [London] 17 Nov 2007: 77.

———. “Tough Guys Don’t Cry... Only for You, Norman.” Sunday Telegraph [London] 11 Nov 2007: 19.

Talese, Gay. “Norman Mailer.” Entertainment Weekly 971/972 (28 Dec 2007): 84–85.

Taylor, Alan. “Norman Mailer 1923–2007.” Sunday Herald 11 Nov 2007, final ed.: 10.

Thompson, Bob. “Army of One: A Feisty and Enigmatic Sense of Self Drove Norman Mailer.” Washington Post 12 Nov 2007, suburban ed.: C01.

Thorn, Patti. “Healing Power of a Good Book.” Rocky Mountain News 17 Nov 2007, final ed., Spotlight: 2.

Thorpe, Vanessa. “The Pugilist Who Wrote the Story of America.” Observer [England] 11 Nov 2007: 28.

Tyrrell, Jr., R. Emmett. “Norman Mailer: Love Him...” New York Sun 15 Nov 2007, Opinion: 9.

Ulin, David L. “Norman Mailer: A Portrait of the Artist.” Record 13 Nov 2007: L07. [Note: A version of this article also appears in the Virginian-Pilot under a different headline.]

US Fed News Service, Including US State News. “Brooklyn Borough President Markowitz Issues Statement on Death of Brooklyn’s Norman Mailer.” (11 Nov 2007).

———. “Ramírez Márquez Recalls Norman Mailer.” (3 Dec 2007).

Walker, Bruce. “Stormin’ Norman Loses Last Fight.” Sunday Mail 11 Nov. 2007: 20.

W.F.B. “Norman Mailer, RIP.” National Review 59.22 (3 Dec 2007): 14–16.

Wiegard, David. “Quintessential Writer’s Life Read like a Novel.” San Francisco Chronicle 11 Nov 2007, five star ed.: A1.

Woo, Elaine. “Half Hemingway, Half Gonzo.” Star-Ledger 11 Nov 2007, final ed.: 5.