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Norman Mailer's Stabbing of Adele Morales (view source)
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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.{{sfn|Merill|1978|p=23}} | 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.{{sfn|Merill|1978|p=23}} | ||
This incident wasn't well received in the public eye. They weren't amused by Mailer's published poem in 1962 indirectly poking at the stabbing. "So long as you use a knife, there's some love left"{{sfn|Mailer|1962}} | This incident wasn't well received in the public eye. They weren't amused by Mailer's published poem in 1962 indirectly poking at the stabbing. "So long as you use a knife, there's some love left."{{sfn|Mailer|1962}} | ||
== Critical Response== | == Critical Response== | ||
Susan Mailer, when interviewed, spoke briefly about her father. She said that in her memoir, she wrote the chapter "Silent Spaces" which was about the unavoidable angst that the traumatic event caused for their family. Susan studied in psychoanalysis for many years. When she wrote her memoir, it was her "second analysis." She admits she was afraid of him, but she also understood her fears of him. "He had stabbed his wife, my stepmother, Adele." {{sfn|Lennon|2019|p=114}} | Susan Mailer, when interviewed, spoke briefly about her father. She said that in her memoir, she wrote the chapter "Silent Spaces" which was about the unavoidable angst that the traumatic event caused for their family. Susan studied in psychoanalysis for many years. When she wrote her memoir, it was her "second analysis." She admits she was afraid of him, but she also understood her fears of him. "He had stabbed his wife, my stepmother, Adele." {{sfn|Lennon|2019|p=114}} | ||