Glossary

Abbreviations and project-specific terms used throughout Norman Mailer: Works and Days. Where an abbreviation resolves to a wiki page, the entry links to it. Alphabetical.

The abbreviations for Mailer’s books follow J. Michael Lennon, “Abbreviations of Books By and About Norman Mailer,” The Mailer Review 2.1 (2008): 518–19, as carried forward and supplemented in the First Editions list. Variant abbreviations noted by Lennon (2008a) and earlier by Laura Adams (1974) are recorded parenthetically.

Wiki-link targets use year-level IDs (YYYY-slug) in this glossary; individual Work pages refine these to day- or month-precision as appropriate.

Mailer’s books

• AAD — An American Dream (1965). See An American Dream.
• AE — Ancient Evenings (1983). See Ancient Evenings.
• AFM — Advertisements for Myself (1959). See Advertisements for Myself.
• AON — The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History (1968). See The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, The Novel as History.
• BE — The Big Empty (2006). See 2006-big-empty.
• BF — The Bullfight: A Photographic Narrative with Text by Norman Mailer (1967). See The Bullfight: A Photographic Narrative with Text by Norman Mailer.
• BS — Barbary Shore (1951). See Barbary Shore.
• CAC — Cannibals and Christians (1966). See Cannibals and Christians.
• CIF — The Castle in the Forest (2007). See 2007-castle-in-the-forest.
• CNM — Conversations with Norman Mailer (1988). See Conversations with Norman Mailer.
• DFL — Deaths for the Ladies (and Other Disasters) (1962). See 1962-deaths-for-the-ladies.
• DP — The Deer Park (1955). See The Deer Park.
• EE — Existential Errands (1972). See Existential Errands.
• ES — The Executioner’s Song (1979). See The Executioner's Song.
• FIG — The Fight (1975). See The Fight.
• FOG — The Faith of Graffiti (1974). See The Faith of Graffiti.
• GAL — Genius and Lust: A Journey through the Major Writings of Henry Miller (1976). See Genius and Lust: A Journey through the Major Writings of Henry Miller.
• GAS — The Gospel According to the Son (1997). See 1997-gospel-according-to-the-son.
• HG — Harlot’s Ghost (1991). See Harlot's Ghost.
• IO — The Idol and the Octopus: Political Writings on the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations (1968). See The Idol and the Octopus: Political Writings by Norman Mailer on the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations.
• KH — King of the Hill: Norman Mailer on the Fight of the Century (1971). See King of the Hill: Norman Mailer on the Fight of the Century.
• LAD — Norman Mailer’s Letters on An American Dream, 1963–1969 (2004). See 2004-letters-on-american-dream.
• LP — The Long Patrol: 25 Years of Writing from the Work of Norman Mailer (1971). See The Long Patrol: 25 Years of Writing from the Work of Norman Mailer.
• MAR — Marilyn: A Biography (1973). See Marilyn: A Biography.
• MG — Modest Gifts: Poems and Drawings (2003). See Modest Gifts: Poems and Drawings.
• MM — Maidstone: A Mystery (1971). See Maidstone: A Mystery.
• MO — Mind of an Outlaw: Selected Essays of Norman Mailer (2013). See The Mind of an Outlaw: Selected Essays of Norman Mailer.
• MSC — Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968 (1968). See Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal History of the Republican and Democratic Conventions of 1968.
• NAD — The Naked and the Dead (1948). See The Naked and the Dead.
• OFM — Of a Fire on the Moon (1971). See Of a Fire on the Moon.
• OG — On God: An Uncommon Conversation (2007). See 2007-on-god.
• OT — Oswald’s Tale: An American Mystery (1995). See 1995-oswalds-tale.
• OWE — Of Women and Their Elegance (1980). See Of Women and Their Elegance.
• PAP — Pieces and Pontifications (1982). See Pieces and Pontifications.
• POP — Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man: An Interpretive Biography (1995). See 1995-portrait-of-picasso.
• POS — The Prisoner of Sex (1971). See The Prisoner of Sex.
• PP — The Presidential Papers (1963). See The Presidential Papers.
• SA — The Spooky Art: Some Thoughts on Writing (2003). See The Spooky Art: Some Thoughts on Writing.
• SFNM — The Short Fiction of Norman Mailer (1967). See The Short Fiction of Norman Mailer. (Abbreviated SF in Adams 1974.)
• SGG — St. George and the Godfather (1972). See St. George and the Godfather.
• SHM — Some Honorable Men: Political Conventions, 1960–1972 (1976). See Some Honorable Men: Political Conventions, 1960-1972.
• SLNM — The Selected Letters of Norman Mailer (2014). See 2014-selected-letters.
• TGD — Tough Guys Don’t Dance (1984). See Tough Guys Don't Dance.
• TOOT — The Time of Our Time (1998). See 1998-time-of-our-time. (Per Lennon 2008a, sometimes TOT.)
• TTN — A Transit to Narcissus (1978). See A Transit to Narcissus.
• WN — The White Negro: Superficial Reflections on the Hipster (1959 City Lights book; originally in Dissent, Summer 1957). See The White Negro.
• WWVN — Why Are We in Vietnam? (1967). See Why Are We in Vietnam?. (Per Lennon 2008a, sometimes WVN.)
• WWW — Why Are We at War? (2003). See Why Are We at War?.

Project and editorial terms

• CMS — The Chicago Manual of Style (Lennon & Lennon’s style guide in the 2018 edition).
• Days — In this project, the life-chronology spine; one page per year at wiki/days/YYYY.md.
• HRC — Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin; repository of the Norman Mailer Papers (archive acquired 2005) and the register’s most-cited manuscript-location. See Harry Ransom Center.
• legacy ID — The YY.N identifier from Lennon & Lennon’s print Works and Days (original 2000 or revised 2018 edition). Preserved on every entry derived from the print edition.
• MLA — Modern Language Association; MLA 9 is the house style for new prose in this project.
• NCASP — National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions, the Popular Front–aligned U.S. cultural organization that sponsored the 11 October 1948 NYC academic-freedom rally (48.10) and the 25–27 March 1949 Waldorf Conference (49.1, 49.2a–c, 49.5). See National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions.
• NMC — Norman Mailer Center, the writers’ nonprofit (associated with the Norman Mailer Writers Colony in Provincetown) that received the remainder of Mailer’s personal library; distinct from the NMS. See Norman Mailer Center.
• NMS — Norman Mailer Society, the scholarly society and co-sponsor of The Mailer Review. See Norman Mailer Society.
• PEN — PEN American Center. See PEN American Center.
• PM — ProjectMailer.net, the MediaWiki site from which this project descends in part.
• Rpt: — Reprint notation within a Work entry, indicating a significant reprinting of the work (following Lennon’s convention).
• TLS — The Times Literary Supplement, the London weekly literary review (founded 1902); venue of Lennon’s 2018 essay “The Naked and the Read.” See The Times Literary Supplement.
• TMR — The Mailer Review, annual published jointly by the Norman Mailer Society and the University of South Florida since 2007.
• W&D — Norman Mailer: Works and Days — either the Lennon & Lennon print edition (2000 original; 2018 revised, expanded) or this project.
• Works — In this project, curated pages for significant Mailer writings at wiki/works/<id>.md.
• ‡ (double-dagger) — In the First Editions register, marks an entry containing a bibliography of reviews and/or critical articles.
• ∞ (infinity) — In the First Editions register, marks an expanded entry.
• * (asterisk) — After a title, marks a best seller (per Lennon 2008, “Norman Mailer’s Best Sellers”).

Additions: Claude proposes new glossary entries when an abbreviation is first used in a wiki page and confirms with the editor before committing.

Related pages

• Political Freedom for Teachers Urged (48.10) | The Waldorf Conference (49.1) | Panel Discussions of the Cultural Conference Delegates Cover a Wide Range of Subjects (49.2a) | Speaking of Peace: An Edited Report of the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace (49.5)