The Naked and the Read

Authors

  • J. Michael Lennon Wilkes University Author

Keywords:

Mailer’s library, reading, Provincetown, Brooklyn Heights, sources and influences, book collecting

Abstract

J. Michael Lennon takes us inside the libraries of Norman Mailer, describing not only the contents of the respective libraries in his two homes (Provincetown and Brooklyn Heights), but also the holdings in his writing studio. This detailed accounting and assessment of Mailer’s reading is a treasure trove for those interested in knowing the richly eclectic source material that interested Norman Mailer.

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, Times Literary Supplement, Creative Nonfiction, NYRB, Mailer Review, Playboy, Hippocampus, and Provincetown Arts, among others. Currently, he is editing two volumes of Mailer’s work from the 1960s for February 2018 publication by the Library of America.

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Published

2018-10-25

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Lennon, J. Michael. “The Naked and the Read”. The Mailer Review, vol. 12, no. 1, Oct. 2018, pp. 128–129, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/649.