Behind the Lines: Dropping His Guard
An important article-interview by Dick Schaap in which Mailer discusses the difficulty of writing An American Dream as a month-by-month serial: "This is the most orderly book I've ever written."
An article-interview by Dick Schaap in which Mailer discusses the problems he faced writing An American Dream as a month-by-month serial: “The thought that I’d be missing a character in the last installment was unbearable. I had to plot carefully. This is the most orderly book I’ve ever written.” Lennon marks this an important interview.