A Nobody Becomes a Somebody
Phillip Sipiora's remembrance in Reflections: Norman Mailer at 100 (2023) of meeting Mailer through Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis at the 1990 International Hemingway Conference at Harvard.
Phillip Sipiora’s contribution to Reflections: Norman Mailer at 100 (p. 89) recalls the July 1990 International Hemingway Conference at Harvard, where Mailer gave the keynote. At the evening reception Sipiora was introduced to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; when Mailer arrived with Norris Church Mailer, Jackie introduced Sipiora to him, and Mailer greeted him as if they were old friends.
Full text: A Nobody Becomes a Somebody. Other contributions are listed in the book’s contents.