During this time, Mailer also displayed an unexpected humility in the company of his fellow literary stars.
Mailer’s Letters Pack a Punch and a Surprising Degree of Sweetness|Ronald K. Fried|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is not to suggest that Mailer ever lost the intellectual toughness which was central to his work.
Mailer’s Letters Pack a Punch and a Surprising Degree of Sweetness|Ronald K. Fried|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many readers will no doubt be surprised just how friendly Mailer was, how helpful he was to friends and strangers alike.
Mailer’s Letters Pack a Punch and a Surprising Degree of Sweetness|Ronald K. Fried|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“You know, I never had a monstrous ego,” Mailer confides to a friend in l987.
Mailer’s Letters Pack a Punch and a Surprising Degree of Sweetness|Ronald K. Fried|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mailer would argue, for example, that timidity does more harm to the novelist than donning a mask of extreme self-confidence.
Mailer’s Letters Pack a Punch and a Surprising Degree of Sweetness|Ronald K. Fried|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He inked each galley, placed it in the mailing machine, and then fed the papers into the mailer.
Helen in the Editor's Chair|Ruthe S. Wheeler
This is a very short and simple entry in Mr. Mailer's journal, but it has most solemn significance.
George Muller of Bristol|Arthur T. Pierson
If they got us out there they could surround us and mailer the life out of us.
Swatty|Ellis Parker Butler
When she entered the editorial office Tom was putting the last of the papers through the mailer.
Helen in the Editor's Chair|Ruthe S. Wheeler
The great Pacific mailer was lost in the fog full half a mile away.
A Wounded Name|Charles King
British Dictionary definitions for mailer (1 of 2)
mailer
/ (ˈmeɪlə) /
noun
a person who addresses or mails letters, etc
US and Canadiana machine used for stamping and addressing mail
US and Canadiana container for mailing things
British Dictionary definitions for mailer (2 of 2)
Mailer
/ (ˈmeɪlə) /
noun
Norman. 1923–2007, US author. His works, which are frequently critical of modern American society, include the war novel The Naked and the Dead (1948), An American Dream (1965), his account of the 1967 peace march on Washington The Armies of the Night (1968), The Executioner's Song (1979), and Barbary Shore (1998)