Novelist Spotlight #53: Journalistic legend Gay Talese on food, drink, tailored suits and the writing life

Gay Talese, one of the pioneers of the New Journalism (along with Tom Wolfe, Norman Mailer, Joan Didion and Hunter S. Thompson, among others) joins the program to discuss his long and storied career. Now 90 years of age, he is hard at work on his latest book. We discuss:   >> Writing about everyday people >> Publishing industry titan Nan A. Talese >> Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio >> Kurt Vonnegut and Tom Wolfe >> Restaurants as theater >> New York City >> Etc.    Learn more about Gay Talese here: https://www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/talese/   Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol, author of “Hardwood: A Novel About College Basketball and Other Games Young Men Play,” and three yet-to-be-published manuscripts, including “Family Recipes: A Novel about Italian Culture, Catholic Guilt and the Culinary Crime of the Century,” “Lolita Firestone: A Supernatural Novel,” and the short story collection “Love American Style.” Write to him at novelistspotlight@gmail.com. We hope you will subscribe and share the link with any family, friends or colleagues who might benefit from this program.