[Collection of correspondence from or relating to Norman Mailer]. 1976-1991.

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[Collection of correspondence from or relating to Norman Mailer]. 1976-1991.

Includes a postcard from William Targ to Louis Zara, two letters from Mailer to Henry Miller, correspondence with Tony Miller, a letter from Rich Nicholls, of the New York Times Book Review about Mailer, a copy of Reynolds Price's review of "The Gospel According to the Son" for the New York Times Book Review, a letter from Robert Lucid to Ellis Weiner, and a letter from Mailer to Leonard Lyons of the New York Post. Much of the correspondence relates to Mailer's editing of the works of Henry Miller in "Genius and Lust." The collection also includes a first day cover of the Horatio Alger commemorative, signed by Mailer.

14 items ; 28 cm.

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Zara, Louis, 1910-2001

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Targ, William, 1907-

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Mailer, Norman

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American writer. From the description of Letters to Theodore S. Amussen [manuscript], [ca. 1948?]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823381 Norman Mailer was an American author and celebrity, admired for his novels and social commentary, and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. Born in New Jersey and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Mailer became interested in writing while studying aeronautical engineering at Harvard. He served in World War II, which led to the acclai...

Miller, Henry, 1891-1980.

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Novelist. From the description of Papers, 1952-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155457225 Henry Miller (1891-1980) was an American author. He was known for his experimental, surrealist novels, such as Tropic of Cancer, which mixed fiction and autobiography. His writing was controversial for its graphic depictions of sexuality, leading to a 1964 obscenity trial in the United States, Grove Press, Inc. v. Gerstein. From the guide to the Henry Miller Letter, unda...

Lucid, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1930-

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Weiner, Ellis

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