Norman Mailer: Works and Days

The First Presidential Paper

Mailer's standalone essay in Dissent, summer 1963 — reprinted as the introduction to The Presidential Papers (63.37), titled 'A Prefatory Paper — Heroes and Leaders,' with several minor changes including the addition of a list of 34 of the miscellany's topics.

“The First Presidential Paper.” Dissent 10 (summer 1963), 249–54. Essay. Rpt: as the introduction to The Presidential Papers (63.37), titled “A Prefatory Paper — Heroes and Leaders,” with several minor changes including the addition of a list of 34 of the miscellany’s topics.

First published: 1963
Form: essay
Lennon & Lennon: 63.32
Cite as: /works/1963-summer-first-presidential-paper
Last updated: 2026-05-27