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Gaetano "Gay" Talese (/ t ə ˈ l iː z /; born February 7, 1932) is an American writer. As a journalist for The New York Times and Esquire magazine during the 1960s, Talese helped to define contemporary literary journalism and is considered, along with Tom Wolfe , Joan Didion , and Hunter S. Thompson , one of the pioneers of New ...
Gay Talese: I Wanted to Write About Nobodies. Growing up in a small town on the Jersey Shore in the late 1940s, I dreamed of someday working for a great newspaper. But I did not necessarily...
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 1966...
Gay Talese may be 91, but he has a lot more to say. In ‘Bartleby and Me,’ the celebrated writer offers a behind-the-scenes look at his greatest hits and an all-new profile. Review by Michael...
about Gay Talese. Gay Talese was born in Ocean City, New Jersey, on February 7th, 1932, to Italian immigrant parents. He attended the University of Alabama, and after graduation was hired as a copyboy at the New York Times.
Gay Talese is a bestselling author who has written fourteen books. He was a reporter for the New York Times from 1956 to 1965, and since then he has written for the The New Yorker, Esquire, and other national publications. Gay Talese was born in Ocean City, New Jersey, and currently lives in New York City.
Author of 14 books and lauded reporter for the New York Times from 1956 to 1965, Gay Talese, 89, is legend in New York City.
