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Norman Mailer Society/Minutes of the 2016 Meeting of the Executive Board

The Executive Board of The Norman Mailer Society (“NMS”) met in Long Branch, New Jersey, on September 30, 2016, with President J. Michael Lennon presiding. Also in attendance were Board members Maggie McKinley, Vice President, David Light, Treasurer, Marc Triplett, Secretary, Phillip Sipiora, Editor of The Mailer Review, Barbara Wasserman, John Buffalo Mailer, Mark Olshaker, Bonnie Culver, Robert Begiebing, Nicole DePolo, Carol Holmes, Christopher Busa, Jason Mosser, Gerald Lucas, and Neil Abercrombie. Agenda items included The Mailer Review, future conference sites, transition of leadership of NMS, and Digital Mailer activities.
Phil Sipiora reviewed briefly the success and progress of The Mailer Review, noting particularly that in its 10 years, the Review has produced 4826 pages. Its new edition will be released soon.
The meeting was consumed primarily by a discussion of future venues of the NMS conferences. Mark Olshaker made a motion to hold the 2017 conference in Sarasota, Florida. Discussion that followed explored other options for 2017 and beyond. Sites in the State of Georgia were considered, including Atlanta, Athens and Macon. Jason Mosser discussed the advantages of Atlanta, but also noted that accommodations would be expensive. Jerry Lucas raised the possibility of Macon for a future conference site, perhaps in 2018. Macon is 75 miles from the Atlanta airport; it has adequate facilities for conference and hotel stays for the members, as well as attractions such as the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, the Tubman Museum, and the Allman Brothers Band Museum. Athens, Georgia, was also discussed as a potential venue in Georgia.
Other cities, including Washington, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Boston were considered—all were found to pose difficulties at this time.
A consensus formed that for the third time the NMS conference in 2017 should be held in Sarasota, Florida. Jerry Lucas will look into the possibility of holding the conference in Macon in 2018. Chicago and other locations will be considered for the future. Also discussed was the possibility of an NMS gathering within a future conference of the American Literature Association.
Mike Lennon has announced that this will be his last year as President of the Norman Mailer Society. Mark Olshaker moved that the Board act now to nominate Maggie McKinley as the next President in order to assure that the business of the NMS moves forward smoothly. That motion was seconded, and the Board passed the resolution that Maggie McKinley be nominated for election as President of the NMS by the membership at the next conference in 2017.
A brief discussion of Digital Mailer progress concluded the meeting. There is a ten-minute limit in effect on papers being presented at conferences, and Jerry Lucas reminded members that papers that would otherwise be greater in length can be published online.
There being no other business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Marc S. Triplett, Secretery
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Norman Mailer Society/Minutes of the 2017 Meeting of the Executive Board

The Executive Board of The Norman Mailer Society (“NMS”) met in Sarasota,
Florida, on October 27, 2017, with outgoing President J. Michael Lennon and
incoming President Maggie McKinley presiding. Also in attendance were Board
members Robert Begiebing, Justin Bozung, Christopher Busa, Bonnie Culver,
Nicole DePolo, Carol Holmes, David Light, Gerald Lucas, John Buffalo Mailer,
Susan Mailer, Jason Mosser, Mark Olshaker, Phillip Sipiora, Marc Triplett and
Barbara Wasserman.
The 2018 conference will be held in Macon, Georgia, as determined by the
membership in the business meeting. Potential themes for the conference were
briefly discussed. Suggestions included social justice, as well as Mailer and
southern culture. Norman served in a Texas outfit in the military, and was married
to two women from the south – Beverly, from Georgia, and Norris, from Arkansas.
The Board members discussed sites for conferences in 2019 and beyond.
Monmouth University has expressed interest in hosting the conference in the
future, and it is likely that a hotel near the ocean can be available. Mike Lennon
noted that the 2016 conference attendance was the best since the early years of
the NMS. The Board settled on recommending a return to Monmouth in 2019.
Mark Olshaker raised anew the possibility of Las Vegas for a conference after
2019. While no consensus for a conference in Las Vegas was achieved, neither
was there an objection raised to that prospect.
David Light will coordinate with new Treasurer Jason Mosser regarding the
requirements of management of the finances of NMS. David asked the Board
whether an audit of the books is advisable. After discussion, the Board determined
that there is no need for an audit. David Light will maintain the records in
Connecticut, and will make them available as needed.
General discussion followed. Mike Lennon told the Board that the Library of
America will have an event in March in New York for the release of the Mailer book
series. Gay Talese and Don DeLillo have agreed to attend. John Buffalo Mailer
commended the outstanding introduction by Maggie McKinley to the new edition
of Why Are We in Vietnam? Susan Mailer has completed her memoir In Another Place. Justin Bozung has found a script written by Terry Southern for Why Are We in Vietnam? Justin suggested a reading of it for a future conference.
There being no other business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Marc S. Triplett, Secretery
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Norman Mailer Society/Minutes of the 2018 Meeting of the Executive Board

The Executive Board of The Norman Mailer Society ("NMS ") met in Macon, Georgia, on
October 26, 2019, with President Maggie McKinley presiding. Also in attendance were Board
members attending the conference.
Upon motion of Michael Lennon, and a second to the motion, Board members voted that
the 2019 conference of The Norman Mailer Society will be held at Wilkes University, in Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania. The conference dates will be announced, but will be held in the second week
of October, likely beginning October 10, 2019. The Board took the action after considering other
options, including St. Petersburg and Long Branch.
The Board also discussed future potential conference locations. Mike Lennon moved that
the 2020 conference be held at Long Branch, New Jersey, in conjunction with Monmouth
University. Upon second, the motion was approved. It was the consensus of the Board that
location of the conference should be headquartered at a different hotel from that used at the
previous Long Branch conference.
Treasurer Jason Mosser told the Board that he would serve one more year as Treasurer,
and requested that the Board search for his successor in that capacity for the future.
There being no other business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Marc S. Triplett, Secretery
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Norman Mailer Society/Minutes of the 2019 Business Meeting

Meeting called to order at 9:00am
Welcome (Maggie McKinley)
# Welcome and thanks to all for attending; conference program this year features a variety of different panels, and events—highlights include the tour of the Mailer Reading Room, Susan Mailer’s reading from her new book, a screening of The Executioner’s Song followed by Q&A with Larry Schiller, and a keynote address by Maggie Mailer
Brief Overview of Conference Events (Bonnie Culver)
# Bonnie spoke briefly about the tour of the Mailer Reading Room and Collection, in the Farley Library, to be held Thursday at 7pm. It will be preceded by a reception, sponsored by the Wilkes Creative Writing Program and the President’s Office 
# Acknowledged Suzanna Calev, who was instrumental in archiving and arranging photos and books and recreating Mailer’s study 
# In unpacking the study, they uncovered many boxes of Mailer’s work in translation
The Mailer Review (Phil Sipiora)
# Volume 12 of the Review is in the final stages of production and should be printed in early December
# Volume 13 should follow soon after, hopefully in January
# Upcoming volume will feature Dan Kramer’s photograph on the cover 
Board Nominations (Jerry Lucas)
# The following board members were nominated (Bob Begiebing nominated; Bonnie Culver seconded) and reelected, with a term end of 2022: Justin Bozung, David Light, Maggie McKinley, Jason Mosser, Mark Olshaker, Larry Schiller, and Mark Triplett. All present voted in favor of these elections; none opposed.
# Denise Pappas resigned from the Board last year, and Shannon Zinck was nominated (Matt Hinton nominator; Phil Sipiora seconded) and elected to fill her seat. All present voted in favor; none opposed.
# Jason Mosser resigned as Treasurer, and Matt Hinton was nominated (Jerry Lucas nominated; Bob Begiebing seconded) and elected to fill the position. All present voted in favor; non opposed. Jason will remain in the position to tie up loose ends until the end of 2019, at which point Matt will officially take over. Many thanks to Jason for his service in this role, especially through a transition period after David Light stepped down. 
Lucid Award Committee (Nicole DePolo)
# The Lucid Award this year goes to J. Michael Lennon, Donna Lennon, and Jerry Lucas, for the revised edition of Works and Days. The award will be formally presented at the meeting of the Executive Board, as both Mike and Donna are absent from the business meeting.
Treasurer’s Report (Jason Mosser)
# Jason provided a brief overview of expenditures and income over the past year 
# Major expenditures include the Schiller Life Insurance Policy; The Mailer Review; and the annual conference (though expenses for Macon and Wilkes have been low). Combination of current checking and savings balances is just over $70,000 (this does not include the pending 2019 conference expenses)
# Income comes from Works and Days royalties, donations from members, and new memberships (currently 71 LIFE members and 44 annual memberships renewed)
New Business/Announcements 
# No new business
Meeting adjourned at 9:35am
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Norman Mailer Society/Minutes of the 2019 Meeting of the Executive Board

Meeting called to order at 12:45pm.
The primary agenda item for this meeting was future conference locations. 
# Bob Begiebing and Phil Sipiora began the discussion by following up on the proposal (sent out to all Board members). Proposal is appended to these minutes. The board discussed the proposal; in general, it was agreed that conference venues should be easily accessible, though ease of travel to various locations differs according to where attendees live. Rotating between two sites makes planning easier, but it is difficult to guarantee that people will be available to help “on the ground” at these locations every other year. 
# Possible venues for future conferences were raised, with the proposal in mind. Phil Sipiora suggested the Don CeSar in Florida; Nicole DePolo suggested RISD; Larry Schiller suggested Pepperdine. It was suggested that individuals who would like to propose a specific conference location should conduct specific research into pricing, transportation, and availability, and these can be sent to the Board for consideration and a possible vote prior to the 2020 conference. Maggie McKinley will follow up with reminders early next year.
# Larry Schiller mentioned that he would like to see more students involved in the annual conference, and there was unanimous agreement on this. Discussion ensued about how to encourage more students to attend: holding conferences at/near universities, and subsidizing costs for students were proposed as top strategies. Mike Lennon suggested that we might encourage all Board and Society members who are professors to bring one student to the next conference, if possible.
# At the 2018 Executive Board Meeting, the Board voted to hold the 2020 conference at Monmouth in Long Branch again. This remains the plan. Susan Goulding will be on hand to help organize, and holding the conference at Monmouth is in line with our goals to encourage more undergraduate and graduate student involvement. 
# Larry Schiller noted that Mailer’s 100th birthday would be 2023, and suggested that a celebration/acknowledgement of this would be another way to draw in more members and help the society gain visibility.
# John Buffalo Mailer requested that future conferences start later, to make it easier for more people to attend the Business Meeting and early panels. This will be taken into consideration when scheduling in future.
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Norman Mailer Society/Minutes of the First Meeting (2003)

Hyatt Regency, Cambridge, MA American Literature Association Conference
May 22, 2003
# The meeting was called to order at 8:05 a.m.
# Barry Leeds presented a slate of candidates for Interim Officers of the Norman Mailer Society: J. Michael Lennon, President; Barry Leeds, Vice President; John Whalen-Bridge, Secretary; Treasurer, David Light. Leeds then presented candidates, all of who have agreed to serve, for the interim Board of Directors: the above four plus Robert F. Lucid, John Buffalo Mailer and Christopher Busa.
# Lennon proposed that the interim Officers put together a slate of candidates for the regular Officer positions and for the Board, to be voted on by the membership once a membership his been established. All those who join the Society by the end of 2003 will be considered charter members.
# Leeds moved and Lucid seconded Lennon's proposal as well as the slate of seven. The motion was unanimously approved by the twelve individuals present.
# Leeds provided background on how the Society came into being as explained in the attachment to these minutes: "To: Prospective Founding Members of the Norman Mailer Society."
# A draft of bylaws of the Society (attached) was distributed and those present were asked to send comments and amendments to the interim Officers and Board members.
# Lennon asked for suggestions on activities that the Society undertake. Philip Morais suggested that the Society undertake to get Norman Mailer's work back into the Norton Anthology of American Literature (it was dropped from the 5th edition and not reinstated in the recently published 6th edition). It was agreed by all that this effort should be undertaken. Leeds and Lennon then provided some background on the editorial process that eliminated Mailer from the anthology.
# A suggestion was made that a future meeting be held at an upcoming MLA conference. Discussion followed with Prof. Lucid providing background on how ALA split off from MLA. It was agreed that the Society should explore the possibility of a meeting coincident with an MLA conference. Leeds was deputized to undertake this task.
# Lennon suggested that the first formal meeting of the Society be held in Brooklyn or New York City in the fall of 2003 and that Mr. Mailer be invited to attend. He was empowered to explore such a meeting and to invite Mr. Mailer.
# The value of a Mailer bibliography was discussed; there was general approval of the idea. The idea of establishing an award for important Mailer scholarship was also briefly discussed.
# Adjournment: Lucid moved and Philip Bufithis seconded a motion for adjournment at 8:42, which was unanimously approved.
Respectfully submitted,
J. Michael Lennon, Interim President
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Norman Mailer Society/News/2018

* 2018-11-16: Society member and newly-elected Board member Matt Hinton is profiled in the Times Leader by Mary Therese Biebel.
* 2018-09-28: Michael Mailer has written an obituary of his late mother Beverly Bentley on Current Obituary.
* 2018-09-18: The Cape Cod Times reports that “Actress Beverly Bentley dies in Provincetown” on September 13, 2019. Beverly Bentley was the fourth wife of Norman Mailer and a well-known actress and theater director. Bentley was the mother of actor Stephen Mailer and film producer Michael Mailer.
* 2018-09-08: Special offer for Mailer Society members on the newly-published Norman Mailer: Works and Days. Revised, enlarged edition of the 2000 edition by Donna P. and J. Michael Lennon, edited by Gerald R. Lucas. Published by the Norman Mailer Society. Purchase the limited, signed (by Mailer) edition for the special price of $150 (plus $10 for shipping). If you would prefer the unsigned edition (available in the fall), the price for Society members is $75 (plus $10 for shipping).
* 2018-08-27: Mike Lennon and Maureen Corrigan will discuss Mailer and his work at the American Writers Museum in Chicago in “Norman Mailer and the Siege of Chicago.” Their interview is posted on YouTube and the audio is on the AWM website. 
* 2018-08-20: MGA Professor Promotes Norman Mailer Society Conference Scheduled For Macon. Macon, Ga., is hosting the 2018 conference of the Norman Mailer Society from Thursday, Oct. 25, through Saturday, Oct. 27. Dr. Gerald Lucas, English professor at Middle Georgia State University, is vice president of the Norman Mailer Society and the conference co-organizer.
* 2018-05-23: Mailer Society sponsors plaque commemorating Mailer in Long Branch, NJ.
* 2018-05-07: Norman Mailer Plaque Dedication and Family Reception: On Tuesday, May 22nd, the Long Branch Historical Association will be dedicating a plaque at the Boardwalk in memory of Long Branch native son Norman Kingsley Mailer. Please join them at 7:00pm, at the corner of South Bath Avenue and the Boardwalk for a brief ceremony, followed by a reception at the Library. Mailer, a Pulitzer Prize winning author, journalist and political activist, was born in the city in 1923 and the plaque will commemorate the site of the former Scarboro Hotel, owned by his aunt and uncle, where he wrote his first published stories. His biographer J. Michael Lennon will speak and there will be a presentation by Norman’s sister Barbara; other family members will be in attendance. Light refreshments will be served.
Norman Mailer Society/Robert F. Lucid Award

he Robert F. Lucid Award for Mailer Studies was established in 2003 in recognition of Professor Lucid’s long and distinguished career as a Mailer scholar-critic. The Lucid Award is given annually based on the recommendation of a Society committee. The winner receives a plaque and a $250 honorarium and is invited to speak at the Society’s annual meeting. The Lawrence Schiller Educational Trust matches all contributions, up to a total of $5,000, to an endowment set up to fund the Lucid Award. We are deeply grateful to Mr. Schiller for his gifts.
Please consider contributing to the endowment.
==Lucid Award Winners==
Year	Recipient 	Work
2021	Maggie McKinley 	Norman Mailer in Context
2019	J. Michael LennonDonna Pedro LennonGerald R. Lucas	Norman Mailer: Works and Days
2018	Maggie McKinley 	Understanding Norman Mailer
2015	Kevin Schultz 	Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship that Shaped the Sixties
2014	J. Michael Lennon 	The Selected Letters of Norman Mailer
2013	J. Michael Lennon 	Norman Mailer: A Double Life
2012	Lawrence Schiller 	“Lifetime Achievement Award” for major role in Oswald’s Tale, The Executioner’s Song, and Marilyn: A Biography
2011	Norris Church Mailer 	A Ticket to the Circus
2011	John Whalen-Bridge 	Norman Mailer’s Later Fictions
2009	J. Michael Lennon 	For his work from 2002–2009 as founding president of the Norman Mailer Society
2007	John Whalen-Bridge 	-
Norman Mailer Society/Robert F. Lucid Award/2015

The Norman Mailer Society is happy to announce that the Robert F. Lucid Award for the best Mailer book of 2015 goes to Kevin M. Schultz for Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties (W.W. Norton & Co.).
On an annual basis, the Robert F. Lucid Award honors the most outstanding and valuable contribution to Mailer scholarship, and Buckley and Mailer meets this criterion not only because it exemplifies careful research and use of archives, but also because it presents an engaging narrative that has broad appeal. Professor Schultz has conducted the first extended study of Mailer and Buckley’s relationship and contextualized it in a way that brings back to life the multitude of people, scenes, situations, and events that embodied the nineteen-sixties. In addition, Buckley and Mailer’s larger reflection on the changing nature of American political discourse is a timely and necessary subject. The book presents Mailer in newly detailed focus during a crucial era of American cultural history.
An award-winning historian and teacher, Kevin M. Schultz was born in Los Angeles but lived in Nashville, Utah, Berkeley, San Jose, San Francisco, and Charlottesville, before settling in Chicago, where he now teaches at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He has special interests in American intellectual and cultural life, and he mostly likes how ideas move around in the world, getting used and abused in all sorts of unpredictable ways. He has written for academic and popular audiences alike, including once having had an article of his appear immediately before that of the Pope.
Norman Mailer’s Letters

Date 	To 	Notes
1952-11-18	Robert Lindner 	Mailer’s first letter to Lindner.
1974-06-24	Noor Din 	Addresses Mailer’s use of cannabis.
1989-04-19	Bob Begiebing 	
2002-03-14	Editor, Boston Globe	See 02.5.
Example 	Example 	
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Norris Church Mailer

Norris Church Mailer (née Barbara Jean Davis, January 31, 1949, in Atkins, Arkansas) was an American artist, actress, model, and author of several books. Her publications include the memoir, A Ticket to the Circus, and the novels Cheap Diamonds and Windchill Summer. She is the mother of Matthew, her son with her first husband, and John Buffalo.
After graduating from Arkansas Polytechnic College, Norris became an art teacher and, later, a successful model for Wilhelmina modeling agency. She held several successful one-woman art exhibits and appeared in Ragtime (1981), The Executioner's Song (1982), and the television drama, All My Children. Norris was a member of the Actors Studio.
Norris's near 33-year marriage to her second husband, Norman Mailer, is frequently the focus of reviews about her life. Norris described Mailer as “the Henry Higgins to my Eliza Doolittle,” often seeking his advice on novel drafts and defending him against critics. A Ticket to the Circus chronicles her life.
In 2004, Wilkes University established the Norris Mailer Church Fellowship in Creative Writing in her honor. Norris died in 2010 of complications from gastrointestinal cancer. 
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