Norman Mailer: Works and Days

The Many Marriages of Norman Mailer

Kay Longcope's Boston Globe article-interview alternating comment from Beverly Bentley and Mailer on their failed marriage; Mailer: 'If I am a prisoner of wedlock, I'm a recidivist.'

“The Many Marriages of Norman Mailer,” an article-interview by Kay Longcope in the Boston Globe (11 December 1978), alternating comment on their failed marriage from Beverly Bentley and Mailer, who summed up: “If I am a prisoner of wedlock, I’m a recidivist. Some people are criminals, some are criminal conformists. I’m in the second category.”

First published: 1978-12-11
Form: article-interview
Lennon & Lennon: 78.5
Cite as: /works/1978-12-11-many-marriages
Last updated: 2026-06-05