The Mailer Review

Editor
Phillip Sipiora
Deputy Editor
Michael L. Shuman
Senior Media and Digital Editor, Webmaster
Gerald R. Lucas
Managing Editors
Scott Neumeister
Chondell Villines
Bibliographer and Associate Editor
Shannon L. Zinck
Intern
Keith Richard
Editorial Board

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), Andrew Gordon (University of Florida), Hunt Hawkins (University of South Florida), 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 Jason Mosser. 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.

ISBN 978-1-7332575-0-3
Copyright © 2017 The Norman Mailer Society
Cover image: Self-Portrait by Norman Mailer, 1974 (Courtesy of Berta Walker Gallery)
Cover Design by Giles Hoover
Member, Council of Editors of Learned Journals
[Contact addresses printed in this volume are omitted.]

The Norman Mailer Society Executive Board Members

Maggie McKinley, President
Gerald R. Lucas, Vice-President and Editor, Project Mailer
Jason Mosser, Treasurer
Marc S. Triplett, Secretary
Phillip Sipiora, Editor, The Mailer Review
Neil Abercrombie
Carol Holmes Alpern
Robert J. Begiebing
Justin Bozung
Philip Bufithis
Christopher Busa
Ezra Cappell
Michael Chaiken
Bonnie Culver
Nicole DePolo
David Light
J. Michael Lennon
John Buffalo Mailer
Susan Mailer
Mark Olshaker
Denise Pappas
Lawrence Schiller
Lawrence Shainberg
Barbara Wasserman

Benefactors of the Norman Mailer Society

Nancie Ellen Caraway and Neil Abercrombie (Patron)
Frederic and Nancy Ambrose (Sponsor)
Linda and Robert Begiebing (Sponsor)
Justin Bozung (Sponsor)
Jackson Bryer (Sponsor)
Philip Bufithis (Sponsor)
Luceil Carroll (Sponsor)
Sal Cetrano (Angel)
Bonnie Culver (Sponsor)
Grace and John Curran (Friend)
Don DeLillo (Patron)
Nicole DePolo (Sponsor)
Carol Dine (Friend)
Patricia and Ralph Florio (Friend)
Jeanne Fuchs (Friend)
Andrew Gordon (Friend)
Wilbur Hayes (Sponsor)
Nancy and Alexander Hicks (Sponsor)
Carol Holmes (Sponsor)
Joan Klaus (Sponsor)
Donna and Michael Lennon (Angel)
Susan and David Light (Sponsor)
Barbara and John Lounsberry (Friend)
Cathleen and Jerome and Loving (Friend)
Gerald and Autumn Lucas (Sponsor)
C.T. Luddington (Friend)
Susan Mailer (Angel)
Maggie McKinley (Sponsor)
Jonathan Middlebrook (Patron)
Jason Mosser (Friend)
Jeanne and Erik Nakjavani (Sponsor)
Elizabeth Mailer and Frank Nastasi (Angel)
Susannah and Timothy Nolan (Friend)
Carolyn and Mark Olshaker (Sponsor)
Denise and Dean Pappas (Sponsor)
Nancy Potter (Patron)
Provincetown Arts Press, Inc. (Patron)
C.B. Ricks (Friend)
Vivian Bower and Lawrence Shainberg (Sponsor)
Cary and Phillip Sipiora (Sponsor)
Barbara and Robert Springer (Friend)
Gay Talese (Angel)
Barbara Wasserman (Sponsor)
Lawrence Schiller and Nina Wiener (Angel)
Rhoda Wolf (Patron)
Angel $1,000 or more
Patron $250 or more
Sponsor $100 or more
Friend Less than $100