Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Mailer vs. Buckley: Good Fight, No Decision

Pete Hamill's New York Post account of the same 22 September Chicago Mailer-Buckley debate covered the same day in 62.13a (Talese, Times). Buckley called Mailer 'a writer of genuine talent who was also the most politically ignorant man I have ever met.'

“Mailer vs. Buckley: Good Fight, No Decision.” Article by Pete Hamill. New York Post, 24 September 1962. Article.

A second account of the 22 September 1962 Mailer–Buckley debate in Chicago (see also 62.13a, Talese’s Times front-pager same day). Buckley called Mailer “a writer of genuine talent who was also the most politically ignorant man I have ever met.”

First published: 1962-09-24
Form: article
Lennon & Lennon: 62.13b
Cite as: /works/1962-09-24-mailer-vs-buckley-good-fight
Last updated: 2026-05-27