Jay McInerney, remembrance
Jay McInerney's remembrance in Reflections: Norman Mailer at 100 (2023) of Mailer appearing at the 1984 party for Bright Lights, Big City and the friendship that followed, including Mailer's warning about fame.
Jay McInerney’s contribution to Reflections: Norman Mailer at 100 (p. 73) recalls Mailer turning up, with Jason Epstein, at the fall 1984 publication party for McInerney’s first novel, Bright Lights Big City. A friendship followed, with nights at Elaine’s, Indochine, and Odeon, and advice on being a writer in the spotlight: “Beware of the flashbulbs, Jay. They can bleach your soul.”
Full text: Jay McInerney, remembrance. Other contributions are listed in the book’s contents.