Despite reports of the author's latest book being canceled by Random House, the company states it was never under contract to begin with. Yes, Norman Mailer's book is still happening — but its ...

The independent press Skyhorse acquired a new book by the late writer after Random House, his longtime publisher, declined to make an offer. By Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth A. Harris Last year, in ...

Mailer’s early prose was raw, clean, experiential, and filled with the sweat and pain of his polyglot American characters—Irish, Polish, Jewish, Catholic, street-raised or Ivy League–educated—all ...

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Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that Norman Mailer would not be pleased to be canceled in 2022. That’s purportedly what happened this week, sort of, and while the inciting event is murky at best, ...

“The Castle in the Forest,” by Norman Mailer (Random House, $27.95). Of all the Jewish American writers who have shaped our culture these past 60 years, none has been so controversial or “outside” ...

Norman Mailer, the lapsed titan of American letters and culturally pervasive provocateur who won the Pulitzer Prize for both Fiction and Nonfiction and remained a reliable bestseller throughout his ...