Norman Mailer: Works and Days

The "Big Bite"

Sixth installment of The Big Bite. Meditation on the coming of spring, fear, apathy, and the possibility of war with Russia. Reprinted partial in The Presidential Papers (63.37) and The Idol and the Octopus (68.11).

The “Big Bite.” Esquire, April 1963, 74, 138. Column. Meditation on the coming of spring, fear, apathy, and the possibility of war with Russia. Rpt: partial in The Presidential Papers (63.37) and The Idol and the Octopus (68.11).

First published: 1963-04
Form: column
Lennon & Lennon: 63.5
Cite as: /works/1963-04-the-big-bite-april
Last updated: 2026-05-27