''The Mailer Review'' is a peer-reviewed

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established in 2007 by the Norman Mailer Society and edited at the

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's Department of English. The purpose of the journal is to maintain the legacy of eponym Norman Mailer. The ''Review'' publishes original scholarship, book reviews, fiction, poetry, tributes, bibliographies, and interviews. Contributors have included Norman Mailer,

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, William Kennedy, J. Michael Lennon,

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, and

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. The founder and editor is Phillip Sipiora of USF. The journal is published annually in the fall.

History

During the fourth annual conference in

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(October 12–14, 2006), the membership voted to establish the brainchild of Phillip Sipiora, ''The Mailer Review'', co-sponsored by the

and edited by Sipiora and co-edited by Gerald Lucas and Michael L. Shuman. It was originally proposed to publish twice a year and contain "objective articles, including scholarly, biographical, bibliographical and cultural essays ya wide range of writers and views". The ''Review'' "contains a broad range of expertly edited essays, reviews, memoirs, documentary material, and a number of heretofore unpublished short works by Mailer, ndis a major contributor to Mailer's legacy". J. Michael Lennon, then the Society's president, said the journal will realize the Society's goal to produce "something that is going to be relevant and accessible". The inaugural issue of ''Review'' arrived on newsstands on October 18, 2007. Since, the ''Review'' has published one volume annually for a total of ten in 2017. Dwight Garner called the premiere issue of the ''Review'' a "fascinating testament to Mailer's headlong life." Recent issues of the ''Review'' have included never-before-published short stories from Norman Mailer's archive at the

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at the

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.See volumes 6–10, years 2012–2016, on the bibliography under short stories. No impact factor is provided for the Review by Clarivate. No article in the Review had been listed by Google Scholar since 2017.

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