Gay Talese, Master of the Magazine Profile

<p>Gaetano &ldquo;GAY&rdquo; TALESE, the journalist and writer, was born in 1932 and grew up in Ocean City, New Jersey in the 1930&rsquo;s and &lsquo;40&rsquo;s. He writes profiles as rich as novels, and tells stories of remarkable rhythm and power.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:295/0*qym_c6s6mIT36bKa" style="height:188px; width:268px" /></p> <p>Gay Talese</p> <p>His father, Joseph Talese, was an Italian immigrant tailor who opened the Talese Town Shop in Ocean City. He was a man of meticulous work and enormous pride who often fell silent. He made his son understand there&rsquo;s nothing wrong with long silences among men. What&rsquo;s inexcusable is failing to pay proper attention to the work you do for a living.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@andrewszanton/gay-talese-master-of-the-magazine-profile-db2c8cdb8c7f"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>