Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Bibliography 1979

Bibliography for 1979. Forty-two entries from Lennon & Lennon’s Works and Days (79.1-79.36, including the lettered insertions 79.5a, 79.5b, 79.13a, 79.13b, 79.14a, and 79.20a). The year is dominated by The Executioner’s Song (October) and its book tour. Following the hub convention, the many near-identical tour reports and minor interviews are recorded as rows pointing to The Executioner’s Song.

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79.1 Brady, James Norman Mailer: Gary Gilmore and Cornish Game Hens Are on His Mind These Days Miami News 1979-01-16 article-interview
79.2 Sullivan, Tom; Banks, Harold Mailer: Poor Manager Boston Herald-American 1979-01-25 article
79.3 Banks, Harold Battling Mailers Agree Norman's a Genius Boston Herald-American 1979-01-28 article-interview
79.4 Klemesrud, Judy Life with Mailer: After Four Years, So Far, So Good New York Times 1979-04-16 article-interview
79.5 Vibbert, Spencer Norman Mailer: Warrior in the Battle of the Sexes New England (Boston Sunday Globe) 1979-06-24 article-interview
79.5a Mitgang, Herbert Mailer's Memory New York Times 1979-07-01 article
79.5b Mailer, Norman Letter to the editor Boston Globe 1979-07-03 by
79.6 Weiner, Stewart Where Nothing Is Felt Writer's Digest 1979-08 article
79.7 McNeil, Legs Norman Mailer: The Champ of American Letters... (Legs McNeil) High Times 1979-09 interview
79.8 Mailer, Norman Novelist Shelved Boston 1979-09 by
79.9 Atlas, James Life with Mailer New York Times Magazine 1979-09-09 about
79.10 Mailer, Norman "The Executioner's Song" (Part I) Playboy 1979-10 by
79.11 Attanasio, Paul A. Talking with Mailer Harvard Crimson 1979-10 interview
79.12 Davis, Kenneth C. PW Interviews: Norman Mailer Publishers Weekly 1979-10-08 interview
79.13 Herman, Jan Norman Mailer Meets Middle Age and Wins with a Knockout Book Show (Sunday Chicago Sun-Times) 1979-10-14 article-interview
79.13a Unsigned (AP) Mailer Says He Took Risk in Book about Gilmore AP wire 1979-10-28 article
79.13b Winters, Charlene Mailer Says Tenure in Prison Made Gary Gillmore [sic] Mediocre Provo Herald 1979-10-28 article
79.14 Mailer, Norman The Executioner's Song Little, Brown 1979-10-15 by
79.14a Coburn, Randy Sue A Time of Compromise for Mailer Washington Star 1979-10-18 article-interview
79.15 Warga, Wayne Taking the Measure of Mailer Los Angeles Times 1979-10-25 article-interview
79.16 Unsigned (AP) Author Calls Biography a 'Risk' (Albany, Ore.) Democrat-Herald 1979-10-26 article
79.17 Schwartz, Tony Is New Mailer Book Fiction, in Fact? New York Times 1979-10-26 article-interview
79.18 Sprake, Heather Mailer Speaks on Moral Nature Daily Utah Chronicle 1979-10-26 article
79.19 Mailer, Norman "The Executioner's Song" (Part II) Playboy 1979-11 by
79.20 Mailer, Norman Letter to the editor The Harvard Advocate 1979-11 by
79.20a Barnum-Reece, Richard 'Genius' Writes Gilmore Book (Ogden, Utah) Standard Examiner 1979-11-07 article
79.21 Leonard, John Private Lives New York Times 1979-11-07 about
79.22 Davies, Tom Intimations of Violence (London) Observer 1979-11-11 article-interview
79.23 Spark, David Mailer Sings of a Killer (Darlington) Northern Echo 1979-11-13 article-interview
79.24 Hutchinson, Diana Prisons of Wedlock! (London) Daily Mail 1979-11-13 article-interview
79.25 Grosvenor, Peter Tamed - by Four Wives and Two Lovers (London) Daily Express 1979-11-13 article-interview
79.26 Unsigned A Murderer's Tale: Norman Mailer Talking to Melvyn Bragg Listener 1979-11-15 interview
79.27 Wyatt, Craig Dick Cavett Looks behind Norman Mailer's New Face Tucson Daily Gazette 1979-11-16 article
79.28 Toomey, Philippa Mailer and a Monument to Death (London) Times 1979-11-17 article-interview
79.29 Unsigned (NEA) Mailer Elated after 'Song' (Council Bluffs) Nonpareil 1979-11-22 article
79.30 Mailer, Norman The Books That Made Writers New York Times 1979-11-25 by
79.31 Hearst, Will Mailer on Gilmore's Obsession with Life and Death Los Angeles Herald Examiner 1979-11-25 interview
79.32 Buckley Jr., William F.; Greenfield, Jeff Crime and Punishment: Gary Gilmore Firing Line 1979-12 interview
79.33 Mailer, Norman "The Executioner's Song" (Part III) Playboy 1979-12 by
79.34 Blue, Adrianne Death, Taxes and Norman Mailer Time Out (London) 1979-12-07 article-interview
79.35 Mailer, Norman Mailer on the '70s - Decade of 'Image, Skin Flicks and Porn' U.S. News and World Report 1979-12-10 by
79.35a Plomley, Roy; Mailer, Norman Desert Island Discs: Norman Mailer Desert Island Discs (BBC Radio 4) 1979-12-15 interview
79.36 Mailer, Norman A Special Message to Subscribers from Norman Mailer The Naked and the Dead 1979 by

Compiled by Lennon, J. Michael (compiler); Lennon, Donna Pedro (compiler); Lucas, Jerry (editor).
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