The Real Meaning of the Right Wing in America: Opposing Statements on the Role of the Right Wing in America Today: A Conservative's View by William F. Buckley Jr.; A Liberal's View by Norman Mailer
Mailer's and Buckley's paired opening statements for their 22 September 1962 Chicago debate, written for Playboy and read at the debate. Mailer's portion runs across the issue alongside Buckley's. Reprinted in The Presidential Papers (63.37), 65.14 (partial), The Idol and the Octopus (68.11), and 98.7 (partial). See 63.3, 63.22, 63.27.
“The Real Meaning of the Right Wing in America: Opposing Statements on the Role of the Right Wing in America Today: A Conservative’s View by William F. Buckley Jr.; A Liberal’s View by Norman Mailer.” Playboy, January 1963, 110–12, 165–70, 172–74.
Statements written for Playboy and read as part of the 22 September 1962 public debate in Chicago between Mailer and Buckley, moderated by Irv Kupcinet (see Lennon Works 62.13a and 62.13b for the same-day press accounts; 63.22 for the debate transcript itself, published in Playboy one month later).
Rpt: The Presidential Papers (63.37), 65.14 (partial), The Idol and the Octopus (68.11), 98.7 (partial). See 63.3, 63.22, 63.27 (Mailer’s April 1963 Playboy letter pushing back against his own placement as “a liberal” in this debate — he describes himself in 63.27, perhaps for the first time, as a “left conservative”).
Related pages
- 1963 | Playboy | William F. Buckley Jr. | The Role of the Right Wing: A Debate | Reading from Left to Right
- The Presidential Papers (63.37) | Norman Mailer on LBJ (65.14) | The Idol and the Octopus: Political Writings by Norman Mailer on the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations (68.11) | The Time of Our Time (98.7)