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“You know, just like the two guys in the cafe in Madrid, only it was Papa Hemingway”

Norman Mailer and Gore Vidal Feud on the Dick Cavett Show

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Norman Mailer and Gore Vidal Feud on the Dick Cavett Show

Mailer went big

‘Mailer, Vonnegut, Updike, Salinger…it’s clear that an era in American literature is coming to a close’

‘Mailer, Vonnegut, Updike, Salinger…it’s clear that an era in American literature is coming to a close’

‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ by Edgar Allan Poe
Short story: ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ by Edgar Allan Poe
‘Tam o’ Shanter’ by Robert Burns
Poem: ‘Tam o’ Shanter’ by Robert Burns
‘The Castle of Otranto’ by Horace Walpole
Book excerpt: ‘The Castle of Otranto’ by Horace Walpole
‘Four Rivers Flow from Eden’, ‘The Cartographer’ and ‘Vessel’ by Amanda Jernigan
Poems: ‘Four Rivers Flow from Eden’, ‘The Cartographer’ and ‘Vessel’ by Amanda Jernigan
‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ by Dylan Thomas
Poem: ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ by Dylan Thomas
‘Jennie Gerhardt’ by Theodore Dreiser
Book excerpt: ‘Jennie Gerhardt’ by Theodore Dreiser