Introduction to Norman Mailer. JFK. Superman Comes to the Supermarket

Authors

  • J. Michael Lennon Wilkes University Author

Keywords:

Superman Comes to the Supermarket, John F. Kennedy, 1960 presidential election, New Journalism, Esquire, Taschen

Abstract

An introduction to the recent Taschen book-length version of Norman’s Mailer’s classic 1960 Esquire essay on JFK, “Superman Comes to the Supermarket.”

Author Biography

  • J. Michael Lennon, Wilkes University

    J. Michael Lennon is the late Norman Mailer’s archivist, editor, authorized biographer. Norman Mailer: A Double Life appeared in 2013, and Selected Letters of Norman Mailer in 2104. His work has appeared in Paris Review, New Yorker, New York, Creative Nonfiction, NYRB, Mailer Review, Playboy and Provincetown Arts, among others. Currently, he is working on a new book, “Sixteen Handshakes to Shakespeare: From Bishop to the Bard.”

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Published

2015-09-30

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2015): Maestro

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Lennon, J. Michael. “Introduction to Norman Mailer. JFK. Superman Comes to the Supermarket”. The Mailer Review, vol. 9, no. 1, Sept. 2015, pp. 46–50, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/511.