The Harvard Crimson
The Harvard University student daily newspaper, founded 1873 — the oldest continuously published college daily in the United States. The 21 April 1941 Crimson editorial praising Mailer's first published story 'The Greatest Thing in the World' (41.1) is, per Lennon, 'the first published critical (and favorable) comment on Mailer's work.' Carries Paul S. Cowan's account of Mailer's 24 March 1963 Harvard appearance (63.26) and other notable Mailer items across the years.
The Harvard Crimson — Harvard University’s student daily, founded 1873 — has a long, intermittent relationship with Mailer that runs from his undergraduate days (when he was on the masthead of the rival Harvard Advocate) through his late career. Key Mailer-relevant Crimson items in the project:
- 21 April 1941 — Crimson editorial praising Mailer’s “The Greatest Thing in the World” (41.1), recently winning Mailer the Story magazine collegiate fiction prize. Lennon’s 41.1 entry characterizes this editorial as “the first published critical (and favorable) comment on Mailer’s work.”
- 25 March 1963 — Paul S. Cowan’s “Norman Mailer Returns to Read, Philosophize on Existential Life” (63.26) — account of Mailer’s 24 March 1963 appearance at Harvard, with Mailer’s line “I am profoundly cynical about psychoanalysis.”
Stub; to be expanded as further Crimson appearances are noted.
Related pages
- The Greatest Thing in the World | Norman Mailer Returns to Read, Philosophize on Existential Life | Harvard University