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2 unusual facts about Gay Talese


Alex Comfort

In his 1981 nonfiction on sexuality in America, Thy Neighbor's Wife, Gay Talese noted, "Often the nude biologist Dr.

The Boys on the Bus

The book was one of the first treatises on pack journalism ever to be published, following in the footsteps of Gay Talese's 1969 "fly on the wall" look into the New York Times called The Kingdom and the Power.


Harold Hayes

As an editor, Hayes appreciated bold writing and points of view, favoring writers with a flair for ferreting out the spirit of the time—writers like Gay Talese, Tom Wolfe, Norman Mailer, Michael Herr, John Sack, Gore Vidal, William F. Buckley, Garry Wills, Gina Berriault, and Nora Ephron.

The Bridge: The Building of the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge

The Bridge: The Building of the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge was a 1964 book by Gay Talese about the construction of the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge.

The Crimson White

Other famous former CW staffers include longtime New York Yankees broadcaster Mel Allen, Crazy in Alabama author Mark Childress, and New Journalism pioneer Gay Talese.


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