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Norman Mailer: Works and Days A digital bio-bibliography

Donna Lennon, remembrance

Donna Lennon's remembrance in Reflections: Norman Mailer at 100 (2023) of the day Norris Church Mailer left Provincetown for Brooklyn, when Mailer watched in silence, with tears in his eyes.

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Donna Lennon’s contribution to Reflections: Norman Mailer at 100 (p. 35) weighs the many Mailers she knew over the years, then recalls helping Norris Church Mailer pack her car to leave Provincetown for Brooklyn. Mailer sat silently in the living room throughout, and at their goodbye he had tears in his eyes: “Hard to imagine Norman Mailer without a remark.”

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First published: 2023-02-20
Form: essay
Cite as: /works/2023-02-20-reflections-donna-lennon
Last updated: 2026-10-17