Norman Mailer: Works and Days

You've Got Mailer

Don Graham's overview of Mailer's career with comments on the sale of his papers; Mailer is quoted from his Austin press conference that Texas 'has produced some of the bravest people and some of the most god-awful,' placing George W. Bush 'firmly in the second category.'

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Don Graham’s Texas Monthly overview of Mailer’s career, with comments on the sale of his papers to the Ransom Center. Mailer is quoted, briefly, from his Austin press conference: Texas “has produced some of the bravest people and some of the most god-awful. In my mind, George W. Bush falls firmly in the second category” (see 05.505.6, 05.9, 05.12).

First published: 2005-11
Form: article
Lennon & Lennon: 05.13
Cite as: /works/2005-11-youve-got-mailer
Last updated: 2026-06-08