Norman Mailer: Works and Days

The "Big Bite"

Tenth installment of The Big Bite — an essay on American totalitarianism. Reprinted in The Presidential Papers (63.37) and 64.10.

The “Big Bite.” Esquire, August 1963, 16, 18, 21, 24. Column — an essay on American totalitarianism, extending the position Mailer had been developing across the previous Big Bite and Responses and Reactions installments and that The Presidential Papers (63.37) would crystallize. Rpt: The Presidential Papers (63.37), 64.10.

First published: 1963-08
Form: column
Lennon & Lennon: 63.9
Cite as: /works/1963-08-the-big-bite-august
Last updated: 2026-05-27