A Preliminary Inventory of His Correspondence with Norman
Mailer at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Lennon,
Michael
Title:
J. Michael Lennon
Correspondence with Norman Mailer
Dates:
1971-2000
Extent:
1 box (.42
linear feet)
Abstract:
This brief collection
description is an accession record. The collection is not fully processed or
cataloged; no creator’s sketch, descriptions of series, or indexes are
available.
Dr.
J. Michael Lennon, Emeritus Vice President and
Emeritus Professor of English at Wilkes University, is
Norman Mailer's official biographer and literary
co-executor. He is a founding member and first president of the
Norman Mailer Society and maintained a close
personal relationship with Mailer for more than thirty years. Lennon has
published widely on Mailer, including (with
Donna Pedro Lennon),
Norman Mailer: Works and Days (
2000), and edited several of Mailer's works, including
Pieces and Pontifications (
1982),
Conversations with Norman Mailer (
1988),
The Spooky Art: Some Thoughts on Writing (
2005), and
On God: An Uncommon Conversation (
2007).
Lennon’s collection of Mailer correspondence consists of eight folders
of outgoing and incoming letters with Mailer. Carbons and photocopies of
Lennon’s letters to Mailer date from
1971 to
1993 and include Lennon’s first letter to Mailer regarding
Mailer’s appearance with
Gore Vidal and
Janet Flanner on
"The Dick Cavett Show,"December 2, 1971. Original typed and handwritten letters
from Mailer to Lennon date from
1972 to
1993 and contain Mailer’s comments on his literary and
personal activities.
Related Material 1 match
Norman Mailer Papers. The University of Texas at Austin,
Harry Ransom Center
J. Michael Lennon Correspondence with Norman Mailer--Folder List 2 matching container list entries
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