National Book Awards
During National Book Awards week in March 1965, as An American Dream appeared, Mailer held forth at a series of press conferences, praising Saul Bellow's Herzog and grouping himself with the 'moral nihilists' wing' of contemporary writers.
The National Book Awards. During NBA week in March 1965 — coinciding with the publication of An American Dream — Mailer spoke at a series of press conferences for authors of new books, reported in several outlets (65.4, 65.6, 65.8, 65.10). He praised Saul Bellow’s Herzog, the year’s fiction winner, and grouped himself with the “moral nihilists’ wing” of Burroughs, Ginsberg, and Terry Southern.
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- [1965] | PPA Press Conference