Conversations with Norman Mailer

The collection of Mailer interviews edited by J. Michael Lennon for the University Press of Mississippi (1988): 34 previously published interviews, including three self-interviews, with an introduction, a chronology, and an index. The standard source for reprinted Mailer interviews, cited throughout the register as 'Rpt: 88.6.'

Conversations with Norman Mailer, edited by J. Michael Lennon for the University Press of Mississippi‘s Literary Conversations Series, published 31 July 1988 (396 pp., $26.95). It gathers 34 previously published interviews — including three of Mailer’s self-interviews — with an introduction, a chronology of his life, and an index. It is the standard collection of Mailer’s interviews, and the source of the many “Rpt: 88.6” cross-references throughout this register. The volume marks an early milestone in Lennon’s decades-long work as Mailer’s archivist and editor.

Related pages

• J. Michael Lennon | University Press of Mississippi
• 1988
• Conversations with Norman Mailer (88.6)

First published: 1988-07-31
Form: collection
Lennon & Lennon: 88.6
Cite as: /works/1988-07-31-conversations-with-norman-mailer
Last updated: 2026-06-06