Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Letter to George Lea (17 March 1964)

To a writer friend: far from feeling "a citizen of the world," Mailer feels "wrung out, worn down, near to written out," like a semi-final fighter with two big rounds left.

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Letter to George Lea (17 March 1964). To a writer friend: far from feeling “a citizen of the world,” Mailer feels “wrung out, worn down, near to written out,” like a semi-final fighter with two big rounds left.

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