'' The Presidential Papers '' is a collection of essays , interviews , poems , open letters to political figures , and magazine pieces written by Norman Mailer , published in 1963 by G.P. Putnam 's Sons . It is , by Mailer 's own admission , similar in structure and purpose to '' Advertisements for Myself '' , albeit with a relatively stronger focus on contemporary politics , although many other topics are touched upon . The book covers such topics as scatology , totalitarianism , aesthetics , fascism , the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles , Jean Genet 's 1958 play '' The Blacks '' , juvenile delinquency , Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis , Fidel Castro , masturbation , and others
1960 Democratic National Convention
1960 Democratic National Convention
The Presidential Papers