Mailer
Even in Triumph, Mailer's a Battler: "Hillel Italie of the AP:
NEW YORK - Even upon receiving an honorary medal for lifetime achievement, Norman Mailer took a little heat and gave some right back. The 82-year-old Mailer, cited Wednesday night at the National Book Awards, was introduced by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, who praised him as a giant of American letters while reminding the audience of his prickly past.'I have my own list of objections that I can peruse at my leisure, not least of which is an almost comic obtuseness regarding women,' said Morrison, who then likened Mailer's work to the United States itself, 'generous; impractical; often wrong; always engaged; mindful of, and often amused by, his own power.'
Mailer, recovering from heart surgery and long plagued by bad knees, hobbled up to the stage, good-naturedly acknowledged his reputation — 'I'm obtuse about women, but also wary of them' — then engaged the real enemy.">
(Via 3quarksdaily.)
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