'Write like a tailor,' Talese says
It is November 1965. Gay Talese, a reporter 33 years of age, has left The New York Times to write for Esquire Magazine on a year-long contract. He is assigned to six profiles, three of his choosing and three chosen by his editor, and has arrived in Los Angeles for his second story. He does not want to write about the profile’s subject, Frank Sinatra. But still, he is there, shacked up at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, a topless rent-a-car outside, waiting for a call from Sinatra’s agent, Jim Mahoney.
Fast-forward to 2009 — just yesterday — and Mr. Talese, now an award-winning...
#2
By Ilana
4:15p.m. on April 2, 2009
This is a really good story! I really enjoyed reading it. :)
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By (Anonymous)
9:16p.m. on April 5, 2009
Nick is the best writer the YDN has.
He is god.