Hang-Up at Harper's
An unsigned Time article on the circumstances of Willie Morris's resignation, quoting Mailer's statement calling it 'the most depressing event in American letters in many a year.'
“Hang-Up at Harper’s,” an unsigned article in Time (15 March 1971), summarizes the circumstances surrounding the resignation of Harper’s editor Willie Morris, “precipitated in large degree by a prominently displayed, controversial article [71.10] by Norman Mailer.” Time quotes Mailer’s statement on the resignation, which he calls “the most depressing event in American letters in many a year.”
Related pages
- “The Prisoner of Sex” (71.10) | Willie Morris
- 1971
- Morris Resigns in Harper's Dispute (71.11) | Mailer Tells Harper's — Me, Too (71.12) | Norman Mailer's Side on 'Harper's' (71.21)