Norman Mailer

"Factoid" is a word Norman Mailer invented in his biography of Marilyn Monroe.

coolidge liked the vaseline 2009

He was, to use the phrase Norman Mailer applied to Jack Kerouac, sentimental as a lollipop but like Kerouac he had that great big sloppy American heart pounding away at all times.

Bob Randisi; Tom Snyder Ed Gorman 2007

He was, to use the phrase Norman Mailer applied to Jack Kerouac, sentimental as a lollipop but like Kerouac he had that great big sloppy American heart pounding away at all times.

Archive 2007-07-01 Ed Gorman 2007

To paraphrase Norman Mailer, nothing you do, nothing that you are will change the fact that in an instant you can be reduced to little more than a few teeth or other grizzly remain to be cataloged or counted in some post-mortem ledger.

Jairus Grove: Who Keeps Fighting if the Troops Leave Afghanistan? 2009

One critic calls Norman Mailer the crazy uncle of American literature.

CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2007 2007

Bai compared those who criticized Obama to liberals of the early 1960s, such as Norman Mailer, who expected John F. Kennedy, as America's first Catholic president, to act like a political "outsider."

Michael Hais and Morley Winograd: New Rules for a New Era 2009

"Doc" is also notable for featuring interviews with many now-deceased cultural and literary lights such as Norman Mailer, William Styron, Timothy Leary and George Plimpton.

Tom Teicholz: "DOC" on PBS: The life and fictions of Harold Humes 2009

Cohen brings back the days when the heavies, such as Norman Mailer and Truman Capote, wrote for magazines and the result was more than reporting, more than our current Slim-Fast diet of “celebrity profile.”

May 2008: More letters to the editor 2008

Overall, writers such as Norman Mailer and Jack Kerouac, though on the surface they took opposite directions, especially stylistically, explored hipster existentialism.

December Update « Exile on Ninth Street 2007

Overall, writers such as Norman Mailer and Jack Kerouac, though on the surface they took opposite directions, especially stylistically, explored hipster existentialism.

2007 December « Exile on Ninth Street 2007