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Norman Mailer stabbed Adele Morales, his wife at the time, on November 19, 1960. He used a penknife to stab her twice. This occurred in the aftermath of his celebratory party to run for mayor of New York City. Morales, despite her wounds being superficial, pressed no charges against Mailer. He was confined to the mental Bellevue Hospital for seventeen days as a result. [1]
This incident wasn't well received in the public eye. They weren't amused to Mailer's published poem in 1962 indirectly poking at the stabbing. "So long as you use a knife, there's some love left[2]
Bibliography
- Merill, Robert (1978). Norman Miller. University of Nevada: Twayne Publishers.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Death for the ladies (and other disasters). New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962.CS1 maint: location (link)
- Lucid, Robert F. (1971). Norman Mailer: The Man and His Work. Canada: Little, Brown & Company.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)