God Bless Drinking in Public
Bill Beckett's longer, wittier Harvard Crimson report on the same Harvard Advocate benefit, from the cocktail hour to the small hours.
“God Bless Drinking in Public,” an article by Bill Beckett in the Harvard Crimson (20 April 1972), is a longer and wittier companion to 72.6, covering Mailer’s Harvard Advocate benefit appearance from the cocktail hour to the wee hours.