[Yale-readings] 4-1: Gay Talese reading

[Kuhl, Nancy]

Gay Talese

Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 7 p.m.
St. Anthony Hall
483 College Street

Reading from his work

Sponsored by the John Christophe Schlesinger Visiting Writer Fund, Branford College, and St. Anthony Hall
Gay Talese has written eleven books. His earlier bestsellers deal with the history and influence of the New York Times ( The Kingdom and the Power<http://www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/talese/books/kingdom.html>, recently reissued in trade paperback by Random House); the inside story of a Mafia family ( Honor Thy Father<http://www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/talese/books/honor.html>); the changing moral values of America between World War II and the era before AIDS ( Thy Neighbor's Wife<http://www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/talese/books/neighbor.html>); a historical memoir about his family's immigration to America from Italy in the years preceding World War II (Unto the Sons<http://www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/talese/books/unto.html>, also recently reissued by Random House); and other such books as The Bridge, about the construction of the Verrazano-Narrows span between Brooklyn and Staten Island; New York: A Serendipiter's Journey, a series of vignettes and essays on New York; and Fame and Obscurity, a collection of his articles principally from the pages of Esquire magazine, where he was credited by Tom Wolfe with the creation of an inventive form of nonfiction writing called "The New Journalism." His most recent book is A Writer's Life, a memoir about the inner workings of a writer's life and the interplay between experience and writing. Each spring Talese serves as a visiting writer at the University of Southern California's Professional Writing program. Recently he was granted a George Polk award for lifetime achievement as a journalist.

Gay Talese lives with his wife, Nan, in New York City. He is working on a book about marriage for Knopf.

The John Christophe Schlesinger Visiting Writer series was established to enrich the experience of student writers in Yale College. It is supported by a gift from Richard and Sheila Schlesinger in honor of their son, who was dedicated to the pursuit of creative writing. Each year several distinguished writers come to campus to give a public reading and to confer with student writers in a variety of settings, formal and informal.

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