Word: mailer
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Even if you keep in mind that Norman Mailer will turn 80 in January, you still pause when he puts a hearing aid behind each of those notable ears. "The body is like an old boat in stormy seas," he shrugs. "To stay afloat, you keep throwing ballast overboard. All the senses go--hearing, eyesight, smell...
Indeed, boxing has been inspirational to some of the best writers on earth. George Plimpton ’48, Norman Mailer ’43, Ernest Hemingway, Joyce Carol Oates and others have all dabbled in writing about the sport...
...assumed that the e-mailer referred to my column, but I was perplexed. His argument was simple enough—one that I’ve heard many times: the mass punishment of the entire Palestinian people is just retribution for the horrific acts of a few Palestinian suicide bombers. But what struck me was not the argument but the phrase—“blown to bits by your brethren.” When did I claim brotherhood with religious fanatics who attack innocent civilians? I thought I had spoken out in favor of peace, reconciliation and justice...
...been any easier on Jews—neither in Israel nor in America—who criticize Israel. In the eyes of many pro-Israel right-wingers, the mere suggestion that there are Jews out there who oppose Israeli policies is enough to evoke hysteria. One e-mailer kindly informed me that the only Jews who criticize the Israeli government are “doltish VES majors...
...MICK TUCKER, 54, drummer with leading 1970s British glam-rock band The Sweet, which had a string of hits with songs such as Fox on the Run and Blockbuster, of leukemia; in Welwyn Garden City, England. DIED. JACK HENRY ABBOTT, 58, philosophical U.S. criminal whose unsettling letters to Norman Mailer about prison life were turned into a best-selling book, In the Belly of the Beast, from suicide by hanging himself in his prison cell; in Alden, New York State. With Mailer's help Abbott, serving time for armed robbery and murder, won parole in 1981. Six weeks later...