Mailer, Norman

As a Guest

4 segments

March 24, 1983

54:00

Norman Mailer Speaks about "The Problem of Writing."

Norman Mailer is a journalist, novelist, and essayist whose latest novel is "Ancient Evenings." Mailer delivers a talk on "The Problem of Writing" at the University of Pennsylvania.

Norman Mailer

As a Topic

4 segments

Queue

September 24, 1987

03:22

"Tough Guys Don't Dance" is "Turgidly Awful."

Guest Film Critic Michael Sragow, film critic for "The San Francisco Examiner," will review "Tough Guys Don't Dance," starring Isabella Rossellini and Ryan O'Neal. The film is directed by writer Norman Mailer and based on a Mailer novel.

Review

Michael Sragow

Search the Fresh Air Archive

Norman Mailer

As a Guest

Norman Mailer Speaks about "The Problem of Writing."

As a Topic

"Tough Guys Don't Dance" is "Turgidly Awful."

Did you know you can create a shareable playlist?

There are more than 22,000 Fresh Air segments.