Norman Mailer: Works and Days

A Conversation with Norman Mailer

James Whitfield Ellison's Book-of-the-Month-Club News cover-story interview in which Mailer explains his motives and methods for Marilyn, noting he saw 18 of Monroe's 23 films.

“A Conversation with Norman Mailer,” an interview by James Whitfield Ellison in the Book-of-the-Month-Club News (August 1973), a cover story in which Mailer explains his motives and methods for Marilyn (73.30) — he had seen 18 of Monroe’s 23 movies. Marilyn was a main Book-of-the-Month-Club selection.

First published: 1973-08
Form: interview
Lennon & Lennon: 73.27
Cite as: /works/1973-08-conversation-with-norman-mailer
Last updated: 2026-06-04