Can a book be said to be “canceled” if it never existed in the first place? That might sound like a matter for the philosophers in the room, but as of early January, it’s become all too real a debate.

Despite reports of the author's latest book being canceled by Random House, the company states it was never under contract to begin with. Yes, Norman Mailer's book is still happening — but its ...

There was a time when Norman Mailer used to talk about the Big Book. The subject, like a white whale, prowled the interviews he gave in the 1950s, blasting into view and then diving down into the ...

Through J. Michael Lennon's meticulous Norman Mailer: A Double Life, you get a sense of the writer's manic energy, his narcissism, and his fierce moral seriousness as an opponent of power. Lennon, ...

There is no let-up in the campaign to discredit and, if possible, eliminate artistic figures, past or present, whose work does not conform to the outlook and interests of the gender- and race-obsessed ...

“The Castle in the Forest,” by Norman Mailer (Random House, $27.95). Of all the Jewish American writers who have shaped our culture these past 60 years, none has been so controversial or “outside” ...

Forget pepper spray and police dogs: If you’re in the market for a home defense system, you could do worse than pick up a copy of J. Michael Lennon’s king-sized biography of Norman Mailer. One whack ...

Mailer told the PBS series American Masters that even amid the carnage of World War II, he was always observing, always thinking of how what he was watching might translate to the page. 'This Can Be ...

Norman Mailer, the macho prince of American letters who for decades reigned as the country’s literary conscience and provocateur with such books as “The Naked and the Dead” and “The Executioner’s Song ...