Norman Mailer died today

He was not easy to chew, to some not at all likeable. Some consider him too macho for American Lit... those are the ones who forget that he fought endlessly for the women's cause when it was really needed.

He gave us all an ironic yet painfully straight forward slice of American History in Armies of the Night, and wrote an attempt to the Great American Novel called Deer Park, which all criticized and few have read.

The B.A. in Literature in me salutes Norman Mailer, RIP.

"Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less."
Norman Mailer