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Norman Mailer: Works and Days A digital bio-bibliography

Breathing Lessons

Maggie Mailer's "Breathing Lessons" in Reflections: Norman Mailer at 100 (2023): her father gave her her first meditation instruction, a lesson in the newness of a real breath that she sets against today's recycled digital news.

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Maggie Mailer‘s “Breathing Lessons” (Reflections: Norman Mailer at 100, p. 55) recalls that she received her first meditation instruction from her father: let the stale air out and take in fresh air with each breath. She sets “the news of the breath” against the recycled news of phones and screens.

Full text: Breathing Lessons. Other contributions are listed in the book’s contents.

First published: 2023-02-20
Form: essay
Cite as: /works/2023-02-20-reflections-maggie-mailer
Last updated: 2026-10-18