Gay talese author
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&#;The most important nonfiction writer of his generation, the person whose work most influenced at least two generations of other reporters.&#;
–David Halberstam, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and historian
&#;He is a journalist, true enough, but one with the eyes and ears of an artist.&#;
–Los Angeles Times Book Review
&#;The best non-fiction journalist in America.&#;
–Mario Puzo, composer of The Godfather
&#;Talese . . . as he has proven again and again with his books, is a master of the narrative art.&#;
–William Kennedy, author of Ironweed and Roscoe
&#;Talese&#;s . . . prose [is] distinctive for its precision, its silkiness, its attention to vital details that lesser journalists routinely overlooked.&#;
–Alan Moore, author of Watchmen and V for Vendetta
&#;[Talese&#;s] legacy is twofold. First, he is the indefatigable reporter whose books and articles are the product of extensive research. Second, he is the poet of the commonplace, the writer who demonstrated that one could inscribe great literary nonfiction about the `ordinary&#; . . . Talese . .
Gay Talese
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Brief Biography
Gay Talese is a native of Ocean City, New Jersey. He developed an early infatuation for writing and began contributing sports stories to the Ocean City Sentinel-Ledger during high school. Talese earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Alabama in and then worked as a copyboy for The New York Times before serving in the Merged States Army. In , Talese returned to the Times as a correspondent, later doing freelance labor for Esquire magazine as well. In , Talese began publishing nonfiction books, many of which became bestsellers. Talese has also published a memoir, A Writer’s Life, and currently divides his time between Ocean City and Recent York City.
Publications
New York: A Serendipiter's Journey. New York; Harper, Gay Talese, 91, is a living legend of journalism. He wrote what is considered the greatest magazine story ever published, "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold," which appeared in the April issue of Esquire. His latest guide, Bartleby and Me, is out now. Talese spoke to Esquire at his home in Manhattan. You’re talking to a guy who just turned in a book. Jesus Christ, I’m 91 and I finished a book. Not only did I finish a guide, but I also read it over and I enjoy it. Looking over 70 years as a published penner, I’m not anything but happy with what I did. One of the things about existence 91 is that you always reflect you’re going to be dead a week from now. So you’re always ahead of the game. When you’re a shop owner’s son, you learn excellent manners. The store my parents had was a former newspaper office called the Ledger. My mother had a dress shop on one side and my father had a tailor shop on the other. But the tailor shop didn’t create any money. The dress shop made a lot of money. We lived off my mother. I still inhabit off my wife. I picked Gay Talese (born February 7, in Ocean City, Unused Jersey) is an American author who wrote for The New York Times in the early s and helped to explain literary journalism or "new nonfiction reportage", also recognizable as "New Journalism". His most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. Talese was born into a Roman Catholic Italian-American family just south of Atlantic City. His southern Italian father, Joseph Talese, was a tailor who had emigrated to the United States in and his mother, the former Catherine DePaolo, was a buyer for a Brooklyn department store. At institution as a child, he wore hand crafted suits from his father's shop which, he later reflected in his memoir Origins of a Nonfiction Writer (), caused him to appear to be older than his classmates. He recounted his early years in his book "Unto the Sons". Talese attended Ocean City High Institution. His entry into professional writing was an unintended consequence of his try to gain more playing time on the b
The Bridge. Fresh York; Harper,
The Overreachers. New York; Harper,
The Kingdom and the Power. New York; World Publishing Company,
Fame and Obscurity. New York; World Publishing,
Honor Thy Father. Fresh York; World Publishing,
Thy Neighbor's Wife. New York; Doubleday,
Unto the So What I've Learned: Male lover Talese
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