Poem to the Book Review at Time
Poem-letter written in response to Charles Simmons's 30 March 1962 poem-review of Deaths for the Ladies in Time. Reprinted in The Presidential Papers (63.37), Deaths for the Ladies (71.31, NAL paperback), Existential Errands (72.7), Pieces and Pontifications (82.19), and the 2014 Marvel Comics' Norman Mailer anthology (14.3).
“Poem to the Book Review at Time.” Time, 6 April 1962, 12. Poem-letter.
Written in response to Charles Simmons’s 30 March 1962 poem-review of Deaths for the Ladies (62.3). The Simmons piece — itself in verse — set the tone for the book’s hostile reception; Mailer’s letter is part Simmons-rebuttal and part poem on its own. Rpt: The Presidential Papers (63.37), Deaths for the Ladies NAL paperback (71.31), Existential Errands (72.7), Pieces and Pontifications (82.19), 14.3.
Related pages
- 1962 | Deaths for the Ladies (and Other Disasters)
- The Presidential Papers (63.37) | Introduction to Deaths for the Ladies (and Other Disasters) (71.31) | Existential Errands (72.7) | The Essential Mailer (82.19)