632 Norman Mailer (with J. Michael Lennon)

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

Books, Arts, History

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🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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For almost sixty years, Norman Mailer was a fixture on the American literary scene, seemingly as well known for his feuds and personal exploits as he was for his prize-winning novels and groundbreaking journalism. But what was the man really like? As the Library of America commemorates the life and career of Norman Mailer with an edition of his early masterpiece The Naked and the Dead, Jacke talks to the editor of that book, J. Michael Lennon, who was intimately associated with Mailer as both friend and professional colleague. Enjoyed this episode? You might also like to try some of these from our archive: 627 Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" (with Mark Cirino) 143 A Soldier's Heart - Teaching Literature at West Point (with Elizabeth Samet) Conflict Literature (with Matt Gallagher) Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.0	Hello, it's hard to imagine a more pugnacious literary figure than novelist and journalist Norman
0:47.6	Mailer, truly a 20th century giant.
0:51.3	Today on the podcast we will talk to Jay Michael Lennon.
0:55.0	Mike Lennon, a man who knew Norman Mailer well, both professionally and personally.
1:01.0	And you don't have to take my word for it or Mike's for that matter we have a quote from
1:05.9	Norman Mailer himself who once said quote sometimes I think Mike Lennon and I were as
1:12.4	designed for each other as some species of American
1:15.8	Yin and Yang, as hot dogs perhaps, and mustard.
1:21.2	His talents, his discipline, and his ambition form a compliment to all the slacks, voids, and indolences of my
1:30.1	nature."
1:31.1	And we will hear from a listener who imports literature into her non-liter life, mixing
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