Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Norman Mailer (in Tongues of Fallen Angels)

Selden Rodman's composite portrait of Mailer, drawing together conversations from 1948 to 1971, in his collection Tongues of Fallen Angels.

Tongues of Fallen Angels by Selden Rodman (New Directions, 1974)

“Norman Mailer,” an article-interview by Selden Rodman in his collection Tongues of Fallen Angels (New Directions, 1974, pp. 162–81), weaving together conversations with Mailer from 1948 to 1971 with Rodman’s own impressions. The book’s other subjects include Borges, Frost, Hemingway, Neruda, García Márquez, Allen Ginsberg, Octavio Paz, and Derek Walcott.

First published: 1974
Form: article-interview
Lennon & Lennon: 74.18
Cite as: /works/1974-norman-mailer-rodman-interview
Last updated: 2026-06-04