Norman Mailer

Reading at the Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania

1. Introduction by Al Filreis (3:05)
2. Introduction by Bob Lucid (5:02)
3. Introduction by Mailer (2:15)
4. On An American Dream and the nature of reality (5:05)
5. On black sexuality (3:40)
6. On boxing metaphor (2:01)
7. On character writing (3:19)
8. On choosing subject matter (3:53)
9. On fact versus fiction (6:10)
10. On inescapable experience and writing (2:34)
11. On novel writing (4:26)
12. On Philip Roth (2:50)
13. On reading (3:51)
14. On role models (5:20)
15. On running for Mayor (1:17)
16. On swagger (4:45)
17. On the draw of the writer today (1:47)
18. On The Naked and The Dead in Russia (3:26)
19. On violence (4:05)
20. On young writers (2:33)

Complete reading (1:13:37)

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