Teaching Norman Mailer in Afghanistan

Authors

  • Raj Chandarlapaty Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.68910/0hexxk90

Keywords:

teaching, American literary culture

Abstract

A professor of American literature discusses his experiences teaching Norman Mailer at a university in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Author Biography

  • Raj Chandarlapaty
    Dr. Raj Chandarlapaty is the author of four books, including The Beat Generation and Counterculture, Re-Creating Paul Bowles, the Other, and the Imagination, Seeing The Beat Generation, and Psychedelic Modernism. He taught at American and Afghan colleges for 17 years, and has published articles on Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Mohammed Mrabet, and James Baldwin.  
The Mailer Review v.16: 20 Years of the Review

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Published

2026-11-04

Issue

Vol. 16 (2026): Special Edition: 20 Years of the Review

Section

IV. Mailer in the World: Reception, Pedagogy, and the Classroom

How to Cite

Chandarlapaty, Raj. “Teaching Norman Mailer in Afghanistan”. The Mailer Review, vol. 16, no. 1, Nov. 2026, pp. 139–150, https://doi.org/10.68910/0hexxk90.