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1. St. Michael’s Academy, North Ayrshire, Scotland, 1983

My English teacher, Mr. Campbell, said he’d never read anything by Norman Mailer. Mr.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/oh-norman-my-norman-0#comments Arts & Culture Norman Mailer Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:55:08 -0500 Andrew O’Hagan 60279 at http://www.observer.com Norman Mailer, 84, Is Dead http://www.observer.com/2007/norman-mailer-84-dead

Two-time Pulitzer-Prize winning author Norman Mailer is dead at 84. He died early this morning at Mount Sinai Hospital of acute renal failure, his family told The New York Times. The prolific writer behind The Naked and the Dead, Armies of the Night, and Executioner's Song had a long and storied career, founding the Village Voice and constantly remaining at the center of American letters.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/norman-mailer-84-dead#comments Arts & Culture Norman Mailer Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:15:01 -0500 Observer Staff 60164 at http://www.observer.com Report: Norman Mailer in Critical Care at Mount Sinai, Recovering From Surgery (UPDATE) http://www.observer.com/2007/report-norman-mailer-critical-care-mount-sinai-not-very-good-shape

Norman Mailer was checked into Mount Sinai Hospital’s critical care unit yesterday with severe respiratory problems, The Post reported this morning. His ex-wife Carol Mailer told The Post that Mr. Mailer’s lung collapsed, and that although surgeons successfully removed the scar tissue, the 84-year-old writer is "not in very good shape."

Although an in-law told The Post that "everything's fine" and that "he's recovering," his children are reportedly "holding daily vigils at his bedside."

According to Jynne Martin, Mr. Mailer's publicist at Random House, the Post story exaggerated the urgency of the situation. "Contrary to the sensationalized NY Post report, Norman is recovering from surgery, and is doing well," Ms. Martin wrote in an e-mail.

This is the second time the New York literary icon has been hospitalized since Labor Day weekend. Over the course of the last month, he has canceled several public appearances for health reasons, including one at the New Yorker Festival and one at the 92nd Street Y.

Mr. Mailer's new book, On God, which takes the form of an extended dialogue with his longtime literary executor Michael Lennon, was published yesterday by Random House.  read more »

]]> Media Norman Mailer Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:12:23 -0400 Leon Neyfakh 59018 at http://www.observer.com Mailer Was the Rage http://www.observer.com/node/36566 I’m beginning to feel that Norman Mailer might have made a strategic mistake in recent intervi  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36566#comments Explaining Hitler Irving Greenberg Norman Mailer Yehuda Bauer Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:00:00 -0500 Ron Rosenbaum 36566 at http://www.observer.com Satan, Meet Norman http://www.observer.com/2007/satan-meet-norman The Castle in the Forest, by Norman Mailer. Random House, 477 pages, $27.95.    read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/satan-meet-norman#comments Arts & Culture Adolf Hitler Asher Crispe Europe Norman Mailer Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:00:00 -0500 Philip Weiss 36583 at http://www.observer.com Kipnis and Perel: A Literary Submission http://www.observer.com/node/36318 Paul Holdengräber, resplendent in a cream-colored suit beneath the spotlights at the South Cour  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36318#comments Style D.H. Lawrence Esther Perel Laura Kipnis Norman Mailer Sun, 26 Nov 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Wesley Yang 36318 at http://www.observer.com Never Mind the Bollocks--Here Is Walt and Mearsheimer! http://www.observer.com/node/33514 Tonight's the big debate. I haven't been so excited since Norman Mailer and Germaine Greer and Susan Sontag squared off over feminism. As a pipsqueak, I was on the wrong side then (Mailer's), now I'm on the right one.

One cool thing about this event is you can play the West End in London or the Arena Stage in Washington forever, but nothing really matters till you come to New York. That's the function of a cultural capital. New York has suppressed these ideas for a long time, but thanks to the London Review of Books, it's taking them on tonight, as it should. As it provided the venue for Mailer and Greer, when they wrestled over the power of women.  read more »

The big question this time around is simple: Can we talk about the political power of Jews? I'm firmly in the yes camp. ]]> http://www.observer.com/node/33514#comments Israel John Mearsheimer Norman Mailer Steve Walt Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:59:46 -0400 Observer Staff 33514 at http://www.observer.com Hugh McCracken, Ace Ombudsman http://www.observer.com/node/37625 Like usual, I been a-eyein’ them newspapers and them TV news programs, and I’m a-here to  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37625#comments Style Brian Williams Jon Stewart Norman Mailer Richard Gere Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Observer Staff 37625 at http://www.observer.com Hugh McCracken, Ace Ombudsman http://www.observer.com/node/51293 Like usual, I been a-eyein’ them newspapers and them TV news programs, and I’m a-here to tell ye  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/51293#comments Style Jon Stewart Norman Mailer Richard Gere The New York Times Company Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Observer Staff 51293 at http://www.observer.com New York Is Reborn http://www.observer.com/node/50249 Is New York over?Well, that New York is.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/50249#comments Bob Dylan Maxwell Perkins Norman Mailer Vermont Sun, 19 Dec 2004 19:00:00 -0500 NYO Staff 50249 at http://www.observer.com