The Mailer Review
Phillip Sipiora
Michael L. Shuman
Gerald R. Lucas
M. Allison Wise
Brianna Jerman
Shannon L. Zinck
Shannon L. Zinck
James R. Miller
Sabrina Grasso
J. Michael Lennon, Chair of Editorial Board (Wilkes University), Robert J. Begiebing (Southern New Hampshire University), John Whalen-Bridge (National University of Singapore), Philip Bufithis (Shepherd University), Christopher Busa (Founder and Editor of Provincetown Arts Press), Morris Dickstein (Graduate Center, City University of New York), Laura Adams Dunham (Independent Scholar), Michael Glenday (The Open University, United Kingdom), Hunt Hawkins (University of South Florida), Barry H. Leeds (Central Connecticut State University), Deborah Martinson (Occidental College), Michael Millgate (University of Toronto), Christopher Ricks (Boston University), Phillip Sipiora (University of South Florida), Thomas F. Staley (Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin), Barbara Mailer Wasserman (Memoirist).
The Mailer Review is published annually by The Norman Mailer Society and is co-sponsored by the University of South Florida and The Norman Mailer Society. Issue rates: individuals, libraries, colleges, and universities in the U. S. Postal Zones are $25 per issue. All foreign mailings, individual and institutional, are $32 per issue. Payment by PayPal or check made out to The Norman Mailer Society and mailed to David Light. The Mailer Review is included as a benefit to members of The Norman Mailer Society. For membership information, please visit www.normanmailersociety.com. The Mailer Review publishes articles, notes, creative works, interviews, cultural/biographical commentary, images, and book reviews relevant to the life and work of Norman Mailer. We also publish work in other areas of relevance. Please send inquiries to the editor. All critical approaches are welcome. An editorial committee reviews unsolicited manuscripts. Book reviews are assigned by the editor. For manuscript guidelines, see our link on the Society web page. Submissions must be transmitted to the Editor as Microsoft Office Word .doc or .docx attachments. Authors should follow MLA Handbook, 7th edition, for documentation style.
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The Norman Mailer Society Executive Board Members
Barry H. Leeds, Vice-President
David Light, Treasurer
Marc S. Triplett, Secretary
Phillip Sipiora, Editor, The Mailer Review
Neil Abercrombie
Robert J. Begiebing
Philip Bufithis
Christopher Busa
Ezra Cappell
Michael Chaiken
Bonnie Culver
Carol Holmes
J. Michael Lennon
Barbara Lounsberry
Gerald R. Lucas
John Buffalo Mailer
Susan Mailer
Deborah Martinson
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Denise Pappas
Lawrence Schiller
Barbara Wasserman
John Whalen-Bridge
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