Meeting Mailer

Authors

  • Richard Stratton Author

Keywords:

literary friendship, mentorship, memoir, writer's life, masculinity and creativity, artistic influence

Abstract

A writer recounts his relationship with Norman Mailer, beginning in the 1970s.

Author Biography

  • Richard Stratton

    Richard Stratton is a journalist and screenwriter based in New York City. His most recent book, Altered States of America: Outlaws and Icons, Hitmakers and Hitmen, published by Nation Books in 2005, includes the Rolling Stone interviews with Norman Mailer from 1975, and “Norman Mailer on Pot,” published 30 years later. He is at work on a memoir, Kingpin: A Smuggler’s Tale.

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Published

2026-02-10

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2008): In Memorium

Section

Articles