Norman Mailer: Works and Days

The Last Man Standing

Profile-interview by Tom Junod, Esquire, January 2007

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“Nobody was born a man,” he once wrote. “Manhood was earned provided you were good enough, bold enough.” He also wrote that “there are two kinds of brave men: those who are brave by the grace of nature, and those who are brave by an act of will.” He was writing about Hemingway, whom he placed in the second category, but he was also writing about himself, as he always did.

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Work: The Last Man Standing
Source: Profile-interview by Tom Junod, Esquire, January 2007
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