Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Luke Breit

American poet, son of Mailer's friend the critic Harvey Breit; Mailer wrote the introduction to his Messages: New and Selected Poems, 1969–1989 (1989) and earlier interviewed Mailer for Poet News in 1984.

Luke Breit, an American poet, is the son of Mailer’s friend the New York Times critic Harvey Breit. He interviewed Mailer for Poet News during the Tough Guys Don’t Dance publicity (84.2), and in 1989 Mailer contributed the introduction to his collection Messages: New and Selected Poems, 1969–1989 (89.13), calling him “one of the best romantic poets we’ve got” and “Doctor Breit, Traffic Consultant for locked-up synapses.”

Stub created during the 1989 ingest.

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Last updated: 2026-06-06