The Urbanophile (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Gay Talese releaesd his masterwork on the history, culture, and inner workings of the New York Times, The Kingdom and the Power, in 1969. It’s the story of a bygone era in journalism, but also more than that. I found this passage particularly curious. And so what worked in Mississippi worked as well in Manhattan, [...]
Fictionaut Blog (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
... Network is a great example of how to lead an audience gently away from reality and into absurdity. Gay Talese’s classic magazine article “ Mr. Bad News “–a profile of Times obit writer Alden Whitman–is a model of restraint. And Errol Morris’s documentary Fast, Cheap & Out of Control –with its slow accretion of meaning and awe–is a good place to start if you want to show and not tell. All...
the nytpicker (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
To us, the slow but steady disappearance of the young, hungry NYT reporter delivering the simple, stylish metro story -- of the sort Gay Talese , Anna Quindlen , Maureen Dowd and William E. Geist specialized in before they became media stars -- has become one of the most painful public markers of the NYT's economic decline. We miss the days -- not so long ago, really -- when a recent arrival...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... their day-to-day lives. In the following slideshow, Pericoli tells us about his experience with Gay Talese, Stephen Colbert, and three others. Read more posts by Jessica Pressler Filed Under: cultural capital , books , daniel libeskind , gay talese , graydon carter , matteo pericoli , mikhail baryshnikov , nicole krauss
TED BURKE, like it or not (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... immediate guise of the New Journalists, our recent examples being Mailer, Wolfe, Hunter Thompson, Gay Talese.The New Journalists weren't really the mob--mobs cannot , by nature, be democratic nor fair nor be able to devise a fair and just politics. I'd say they were more the guys at the end of the bar who stopped opining about the way things ought to be and got off the bar seat to enter...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... but possess an extensive library of vintage car books.) Five years later, I discovered Peter Egan, Gay Talese, and Ayrton Senna, and my life was changed forever. 2. Candy Overdose and Sleep Dep: It feels like the music of Warren Zevon, were the music of Warren Zevon wrapped around a gold brick, attached to the front of a speeding fire truck, and hosed down with the juice of a hundred lemons....
The Poetry Blog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... immediate guise of the New Journalists, our recent examples being Mailer, Wolfe, Hunter Thompson, Gay Talese.The New Journalists weren’t really the mob–mobs cannot , by nature, be democratic nor fair nor be able to devise a fair and just politics. I’d say they were more the guys at the end of the bar who stopped opining about the way things ought to be and got off the bar seat to enter an...
Shrink Rap (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The key to a lasting relationship, says Gay Talese, is looking past the ‘mating game’s’ wonted rituals and flowery ambiguities and learning to emphasize mutual freedom and respect.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Dr. Vino's wine blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... they finished their meal, they offered the rest of the wine to a neighboring table, specifically, Gay Talese. [ City Room ] SIPPED: wine service tips A budding restaurateur offers his first 50 service tips for his staff, including several wine related ones including “For red wine, ask if the guests want to pour their own or prefer the waiter to pour.” [ You're the Boss , NYT] SPIT: old vines;...
