A Writer's Life

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A Writer's Life
Author Gay Talese
Country United States
Language English
Subject(s) Autobiography
Genre(s) Non-fiction
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf
Publication date 2006
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 448 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN ISBN 0679410961 (first edition, hardback)

A Writer's Life is a 2006 autobiography by Gay Talese. The book focuses on many of the stories that Talese attempted to tell, but failed, such as spending six months working on a story about John and Lorena Bobbitt for The New Yorker only to have the piece rejected by New Yorker editor Tina Brown.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Andersen, Kurt. A Reporter's Reporter, The New York Times, April 30, 2006. Retrieved on April 7, 2008.
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Works by Gay Talese
Magazine articles:
"Joe Louis: The King as a Middle-aged Man" • "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" • "The Silent Season of a Hero"
Non-fiction:
The Bridge: The Building of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (1964) • The Kingdom and the Power (1969) • Fame and Obscurity (1970) • Honor Thy Father (1971) • Thy Neighbor's Wife (1981) • Unto the Sons (1992) • Origins of a Nonfiction Writer (1996) • A Writer's Life (2006)
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