Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Quickly (21 March 1956)

A "Quickly" column with more on psychoanalysis and the qualifications Mailer would want in an (unnamed) Democratic nominee for President.

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A “Quickly” installment in The Village Voice — more on psychoanalysis, and the qualifications of Mailer’s unnamed nominee for the Democratic presidential nomination. The mock-campaign thread culminates the following week in the nomination of Ernest Hemingway (56.12).

Rpt: Advertisements for Myself (59.13, partial); 13.1.

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First published: 1956-03-21
Form: column
Lennon & Lennon: 56.11
Cite as: /works/1956-03-21-quickly
Last updated: 2026-06-01