An Evening with Gay Talese 2008

Gay talese is my great uncle! Bam!

It seems to me that a lot of the older generation talks this way- sort of rambling but in a really nice way. I guess they just grew up in a time where there wasn't any hurry to get the information out. It's not what we're used to but once you get used to it I really like it.

hell of a guy. hats off to gay talese!

I was there, in San Diego, for this. I was in the audience and asked the first question. Talese was friendly, outgoing, and thoroughly well-dressed. Audience members kept commenting on his shoes. An American treasure, and a terrific night.

Gay Talese is a solid writer, a better journalist, but I love him most for his old world sensibilities. He is a terrible interviewer. He doesn't really answer the questions; he's not concise, and he rambles. These qualities aid his work, but they're not meriting to watch.