Norman Mailer: Works and Days

The "Big Bite"

Eleventh installment of The Big Bite. Comment on Nelson Algren and violence in America. Reprinted: first two-thirds as 'A Television Show with Nelson Algren' in Cannibals and Christians (66.11); second two-thirds (minus final two paragraphs) as 'Postscript to the Second Presidential Paper' in The Presidential Papers (63.37) with a number of small changes.

The “Big Bite.” Esquire, September 1963, 16, 18, 20. Column. Comment on Nelson Algren, and violence in America.

Rpt: First two-thirds as “A Television Show with Nelson Algren” in Cannibals and Christians (66.11); second two-thirds (minus final two paragraphs) as “Postscript to the Second Presidential Paper” in The Presidential Papers (63.37) with a number of small changes.

First published: 1963-09
Form: column
Lennon & Lennon: 63.10
Cite as: /works/1963-09-the-big-bite-september
Last updated: 2026-05-27