Library Journal11/01/2013
Writer, controversial cultural icon, and National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Mailer (The Naked and the Dead; Armies of the Night; The Executioner's Song) died in 2007, but his reputation as a giant of American letters survives. These 50 pieces—essays, speeches, screeds, and reviews—edited by Sipiora (English & film studies, Univ. of South Florida) examine artistic freedom ("What I Think of Artistic Freedom"), politics ("Christ, Satan, and the Presidential Candidate," "Clinton and Dole: The War of the Oxymorons"), literature and writing ("The Mind of an Outlaw," "Huckleberry Finn, Alive at 100," "The Hazards and Sources of Writing"), social issues ("Until Dead: Thoughts on Capital Punishment"), and a host of other topics.
