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Fine Distinctions: Norman Mailer on Fiction, Non-Fiction and the Differences between Them

Elizabeth Taylor's Chicago Tribune interview (24 May 1998) on fiction versus nonfiction, the organization of The Time of Our Time, and Dos Passos and Farrell.

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“Fine Distinctions,” Elizabeth Taylor’s interview in the Chicago Tribune (24 May 1998, Sec. 14, p. 3), on the line between fiction and nonfiction, the organizing scheme of The Time of Our Time, and Mailer on John Dos Passos and James T. Farrell.

A full transcription, held in the working archive pending rights clearance, is at full text.

First published: 1998-05-24
Form: interview
Lennon & Lennon: 98.11
Cite as: /works/1998-05-24-fine-distinctions
Last updated: 2026-06-06