SoJ Web Report | Sept. 7, 2010
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| Author Gay Talese visits Sept. 15. |
From his first sportswriting assignment at age 15 to his upcoming book on marriage, 78-year-old Gay Talese has spent a lifetime writing on topics as varied as sports and sports icons, the sexual revolution, life in New York, the Mafia and the construction of New York’s Verrazano-Narrows bridge.
Along the way, Talese has left his mark, launching what became known as The New Journalism with his iconic piece on singer Frank Sinatra published in a 1966 issue of Esquire. The narrative storytelling, rich in description, set forth a new style of reporting.
His many best-sellers include Unto the Sons, Honor Thy Father, Thy Neighbor's Wife, A Writer's Life, The Kingdom and the Power, The Bridge, and The Gay Talese Reader. The Silent Season of a Hero: The Sports Writing of Gay Talese will be published in September.
He has written for publications such as The New York Times, Esquire, Harper’s and The New Yorker, and he also contributes to blogs such as the Daily Beast.
- Visit Talese’s official bio page at Random House.
- Read the ground-breaking Esquire story, “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold.”
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