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Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Quickly (25 April 1956)

A "Quickly" column in which Mailer answers reader Barnard Zemble on the definition of "Hip" — a reply that foreshadows "The White Negro" (57.1).

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A “Quickly” installment in The Village Voice: a letter from Barnard Zemble on the definition of “Hip,” and Mailer’s reply, which foreshadows “The White Negro” (57.1). This is one of the late columns Lennon groups under the running title “The Hip and the Square.”

First published: 1956-04-25
Form: column
Lennon & Lennon: 56.16
Cite as: /works/1956-04-25-quickly
Last updated: 2026-06-01