Posthumous literary reputation is always unpredictable. I don't think very many in 1960s thought that Thomas Savage, John Williams & PK Dick would one day be canonical, although they all had their fans back then.
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Replying to @xlorentzen
No, of course not, but I think long term legacy depends on replenishing readership. I think it's pretty clear that Mailer's once vast readership isn't being replenished, for a variety of reasons & despite merit of his work.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @xlorentzen
I predict a wave of young women writers naming a rediscovered Mailer as an inspiration, c. 2035.
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They'll discover him tangentially via the Ellen Willis revival of the late '20's. It's going to be a whole thing.
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Non-ironically, I do think the best path to a Mailer revival is linking him with the (currently) more popular writers of his era. I have a whole pitch on this which I'm happy to share with the Wylie Agency.
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