Lord’s Eye

An Epilogue in Search of Political Tattoos

Authors

  • Matthew S. Hinton Misericordia University Author

Keywords:

tattoos, John Buffalo Mailer, Josh Lord, creative nonfiction, 2016 presidential election, Mailer for Mayor

Abstract

Written in a Mailerian third person, this creative nonfiction piece follows a Mailer scholar to Brooklyn days after the 2016 presidential election, where John Buffalo Mailer arranges for the tattoo artist Josh Lord to ink a “Mailer for Mayor” caricature on his arm, an epilogue to Buffalo Mailer’s serialized Inked profile “Lord’s Eye.” The narrative reflects on tattoos as personal storytelling and as a balm in a dark political moment. A shorter version appeared in Provincetown Arts in 2018.

Author Biography

  • Matthew S. Hinton, Misericordia University

    Matthew S. Hinton (MA, MFA) is a playwright and poet from Wilkes-Barre, PA. A member of The Norman Mailer Society, he writes and teaches at Misericordia University, covering everything from Mailer’s blurbs to his original recordings on vinyl. He dreams in analog.

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Published

2018-10-25

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Hinton, Matthew S. “Lord’s Eye: An Epilogue in Search of Political Tattoos”. The Mailer Review, vol. 12, no. 1, Oct. 2018, pp. 216–225, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/657.