Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Letter to Virginia Mangrum (21 December 1964)

Having "decided this year to lay down the White Man's Burden and send out no Christmas cards," a wry holiday note to an admirer.

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Letter to Virginia Mangrum (21 December 1964). Having “decided this year to lay down the White Man’s Burden and send out no Christmas cards,” a wry holiday note to an admirer.

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