Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Portrait of a Man Reading

Charles Monaghan's Book World interview surveying Mailer's reading from boyhood to the present, Edgar Rice Burroughs to Jimmy Breslin.

“Portrait of a Man Reading,” an interview by Charles Monaghan in Book World (Washington Post, 11 July 1971), surveys Mailer’s reading from boyhood to the present — from Edgar Rice Burroughs to Jimmy Breslin. Reprinted in Conversations with Norman Mailer (88.6).

First published: 1971-07-11
Form: interview
Lennon & Lennon: 71.24
Cite as: /works/1971-07-11-portrait-of-a-man-reading
Last updated: 2026-06-04