Norman Mailer: Works and Days

The Mailer Plan to Save Los Angeles

An unsigned Los Angeles Magazine article-interview in which Mailer contrasts Los Angeles and New York and suggests improvements for both.

β€œThe Mailer Plan to Save Los Angeles,” an article-interview by an unidentified writer in Los Angeles Magazine (March 1971), in which Mailer contrasts Los Angeles and New York and suggests how both cities might be improved β€” an extension of the urban-reform thinking behind his 1969 mayoral campaign.

First published: 1971-03
Form: article-interview
Lennon & Lennon: 71.9
Cite as: /works/1971-03-mailer-plan-to-save-los-angeles
Last updated: 2026-06-04