1. A few quick thoughts on Gay Talese, the the fictiveness of "New Journalism" & the revolt against bourgeois literature.
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3. Here's a Washington Post write-up of the problems with Talese's book, which he's now seemingly disavowing: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/author-gay-talese-disavows-his-latest-book-amid-credibility-questions/2016/06/30/1fede2b8-3e22-11e6-84e8-1580c7db5275_story.html …
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4. Stepping back, key to understanding what's happening is that Talese is pioneer of the New Journalism.
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So glad to see you address this--that New Yorker piece was super hinky
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I took the New Yorker piece as an homage to Joe Gould's Secret
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