Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History by Norman Mailer

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Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History by Norman MailerFifty years after the March on the Pentagon, Norman Mailers seminal tour de force remains as urgent and incisive as ever. Winner of Americas two highest literary awards, The Armies of the Night uniquely and unforgettably captures the Sixties tidal wave of love and rage at its crest and a towering genius at his peak. The time is October 21, 1967. The place is Washington, D. C. Depending on the paper you read, 20,000 to 200,000 protestors are marching

the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca moved for a time to New York City

was published by FSG and named a notable book by The New York Times

"Shall I talk of our childhood and/ all the times you silently/ stared at the summer leaves/ and tried to imagine

We assume it comes inside through the hole that promises invasion

cliquey New York publishing world

His memoir

"There are particular American cruelties / hard-wired into our veins

brilliant in its establishment of mood

" though it "cannot exist like this forever

Winner of the 2020 Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry PrizeAt once interested in the cyclical nature of domestic dysfunction and what we do when secrets of buried harm come to light

whose lineage from Electra right through to 'The Heroes' he invokes

and fluid with grace

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