Donald Kaufmann
Kaufmann was a professor at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, who became friendly with Mailer when he spoke at the University in April 1965. In 1969 he published one of the first major critical studies of Mailer, Norman Mailer: The…
Kaufmann was a professor at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, who became friendly with Mailer when he spoke at the University in April 1965. In 1969 he published one of the first major critical studies of Mailer, Norman Mailer: The Countdown (The First Twenty Years). Mailer’s letter(s) to Donald Kaufmann appear in Norman Mailer’s Letters on An American Dream, 1963–1969 (04.7).