What Norman Mailer Taught Me about Combat

Authors

literary mentorship, literary influence, aspiring writers, literary encounters, women writers and authorship, artistic ambition, literary memoir

A memoir of an encounter with Norman Mailer in the 1980s.

Erin Miele, Wilkes University

Erin Miele, a writer whose non-fiction articles have appeared in domestic and international publications, is currently enrolled in the master’s program in creative writing at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania. A visual artist who works in oils and encaustics, she has exhibited her paintings in several solo shows, and was awarded a state grant in 2009 for a series of portraits. Miele is employed by SenArt Films as a researcher.