Norman Mailer: Works and Days

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 (University Press of Mississippi, 1988)

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.

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