Gay Talese

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February 07, 1932 in Ocean City, New Jersey, The United States

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Gay Talese is an American author. He wrote for The New York Times in the early 1960s and helped to define literary journalism or "new nonfiction reportage", also known as New Journalism. His most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.

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Average rating: 3.93 · 1,213 ratings · 170 reviews · 15 distinct works

	The Gay Talese Reader: Portraits and Encounters by Gay Talese, Barbara Lounsberry (Introduction) 4.32 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Thy Neighbor's Wife 3.88 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 1980 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Honor Thy Father 3.60 avg rating — 205 ratings — 12 editions	My rating:
	Fame and Obscurity 4.38 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1970 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Unto the Sons 3.90 avg rating — 104 ratings — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Kingdom and the Power: Behind the Scenes at The New York Times: The Institution That Influences the World 3.95 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1969 — 12 editions	My rating:
	A Writer's Life 3.64 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Bridge: The Building of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge by Gay Talese, Bruce Davidson (Photographer) 3.85 avg rating — 55 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Frank Sinatra Has a Cold and Other Essays. Gay Talese 4.45 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1965 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Silent Season of a Hero: The Sports Writing of Gay Talese by Gay Talese, Michael Rosenwald (Editor) 3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“Jessica DuLong’s elegantly written "My River Chronicles" brings the past of the Hudson River into the vivid present, and carries forward the craft of literary non-fiction with grace and energy.”
― Gay Talese

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