The Mailer Review

Editor
Phillip Sipiora
Deputy Editor
Gerald R. Lucas
Managing Editor
Constance E. Holmes
Senior Research Editor
Shannon L. Zinck
Associate Editors
James R. Miller
Michael L. Shuman
Carol Holmes
Advisory Editor
Raymond M. Vince
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), 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 by The Norman Mailer Society and is co-sponsored by the University of South Florida and the Mailer Society. Yearly subscription rates: individuals, libraries, colleges, and universities in the U. S. Postal Zones, $25 for one issue or $40 for two issues. All foreign subscriptions, individual and institutional, are $32 per issue or $58 for two issues. Payment by PayPal or check made out to The Norman Mailer Society, 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, cultural/biographical commentary, images, and book reviews relevant to the life and work of Norman Mailer. All critical approaches are welcome. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of all quotations. An editorial committee reviews, anonymously, unsolicited manuscripts. Book reviews are assigned. For manuscript guidelines, see our link on the Society web page. Submissions should include an abstract and completed essay, sent as Microsoft Office Word .doc or .docx attachments to the Editor. Authors should follow MLA Handbook, 7th edition, for documentation style.

ISSN 1936-4679
Copyright © 2009 The Norman Mailer Society
Cover photo, upper right, courtesy of Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas
Cover photo, Mailer/Schiller picture credit: Photo Norman Mailer Archives
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The Norman Mailer Society Executive Board Members

J. Michael Lennon (President)
Barry H. Leeds (Vice-President)
Marc S. Triplett (Secretary)
David Light (Treasurer)
Phillip Sipiora, Editor, The Mailer Review
Allen Ahearn
Neil Abercrombie
Robert J. Begiebing
Philip Bufithis
Christopher Busa
Michael Chaiken
Bonnie Culver
Laura Adams Dunham
Carol Holmes
Constance E. Holmes
Barbara Lounsberry
Gerald R. Lucas
John Buffalo Mailer
Deborah Martinson
Mark Olshaker
Denise Pappas
Lawrence Schiller
Barbara Wasserman
John Whalen-Bridge

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Allen and Pat Ahearn (Sponsor)
Gail Becker (Friend)
Robert J. Begiebing (Sponsor)
Michael Chaiken (Patron)
Carol Dine (Friend)
Wilbur Hayes (Sponsor)
Constance E. Holmes (Sponsor)
Robert J. Klaus (Sponsor)
Barry H. Leeds (Sponsor)
J. Michael and Donna Lennon (Angel)
James Lennon (Friend)
Joseph Lennon (Friend)
Lauren and Stephen Lennon (Patron)
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Norris Church Mailer (Angel)
Erik and Jean Nakjavani (Patron)
Dean and Denise Pappas (Angel)
Nancy Potter (Sponsor)
Provincetown Arts Press (Patron)
Kathy and Lawrence Schiller (Angel)
Phillip and Cary Sipiora (Sponsor)
Marc S. Triplett (Patron)
Barbara Wasserman (Sponsor)
John and Helena Whalen-Bridge (Sponsor)
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