A Librarian Interviews Norman Mailer
Ophelia Georgiev Roop's American Libraries interview, conducted before Mailer's Marian McFadden Lecture in Indianapolis; on television, libraries, and the magazines he reads.
“A Librarian Interviews Norman Mailer,” by Ophelia Georgiev Roop in American Libraries (July–August 1980), from notes of her conversation with Mailer before his Marian McFadden Memorial Lecture at the Indianapolis–Marion County Public Library, where he read from Ancient Evenings (83.18). His comments turn on television, libraries, and the magazines he likes — Scientific American, Nation, New Republic, and others.