My First Encounter with Norman Mailer

Authors

  • Mashey Bernstein University of California, Santa Barbara Author

Keywords:

first encounter, literary admiration, mentorship and friendship, intellectual exchange, Judaism and identity, New York literary scene, memoir and reflection

Abstract

A scholar recounts his first meeting with Norman Mailer.

Author Biography

  • Mashey Bernstein, University of California, Santa Barbara

    Mashey Bernstein teaches in the Writing Program and the Film and Media Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He holds a PhD on Mailer from the same institution. He has written on various aspects of Mailer’s work for Studies in American-Jewish Literature, San Francisco Review of Books, Los Angeles Jewish Journal, and the London Jewish Chronicle, as well as The Mailer Review.

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Published

2026-10-09

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2012): Why Mailer Matters

Section

Articles