Norman Mailer: Works and Days

People Who Read and Write

Unsigned book-chat piece in the New York Times Book Review quoting Mailer on the reception of The Naked and the Dead.

“People Who Read and Write.” Article-interview by unidentified writer. New York Times Book Review, 15 August 1948, 8.

Mailer is quoted in this book-chat column on the success of 48.2.

First published: 1948-08-15
Form: article-interview
Lennon & Lennon: 48.5
Cite as: /works/1948-08-15-people-who-read-and-write
Last updated: 2026-04-20