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 05.5–05.6, 05.9, 05.12).
Related pages
- 2005 | Harry Ransom Center
- Mailer's Vast Archives to Be Housed in Texas (05.5) | Mailer Archives in Texas (05.6) | Norman Mailer: The Last Buccaneer Looks Back (05.9) | Mailer's Papers Come to Texas (05.12)