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Norman Mailer: Works and Days A digital bio-bibliography

Remembering Norman

Taki Theodoracopulos's "Remembering Norman" in Reflections: Norman Mailer at 100 (2023): Mailer's loyalty to friends, shown at a Brooklyn dinner for A. M. Rosenthal, and his courage.

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Taki Theodoracopulos‘s “Remembering Norman” (Reflections: Norman Mailer at 100, p. 94) praises Mailer’s loyalty and courage. At a dinner in Mailer’s Brooklyn house for Abe Rosenthal of The New York Times, whose wife refused to sit next to Taki, Mailer seated him at his own right. Taki also recalls Mailer teaching him to head-butt.

Full text: Remembering Norman. Other contributions are listed in the book’s contents.

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