Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Hundred Injured: 178 Are Arrested as Guardsmen Join in Using Tear Gas

J. Anthony Lukas's report on the Chicago convention riots, including the Grant Park rally where Mailer, Ginsberg, Genet, Burroughs, and Gregory spoke.

An article by J. Anthony Lukas reporting the riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, including the Grant Park rally where Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Jean Genet, William Burroughs, and Dick Gregory spoke. Mailer: “I’m a little sick about all this and also a little mad, but I’ve got a deadline on a long piece” — the piece being Miami and the Siege of Chicago (68.25).

First published: 1968-08-29
Form: article
Lennon & Lennon: 68.18
Cite as: /works/1968-08-29-hundred-injured
Last updated: 2026-05-30