Weekend Readg: Gay Tale’s Bt, Least-Known Story; Life As a Drone Operator | The New Yorker

Contents:

• GAY TALE
• WEEKEND READG: GAY TALE’S BT, LEAST-KNOWN STORY; LIFE AS A DRONE OPERATOR
• SEX AND CRIME, THE UPDAT: GAY TALE IS BACK ON THE BEAT
• BOOKS BY GAY TALE
• FROM FRANK SATRA TO LADY GAGA, THE GREATT HS OF GAY TALE
• GAY TALE DEFENDS ‘THE VOYR’S MOTEL’ AFTER SOURCE IS UNRCUT
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR
• OTHER BOOKS BY GAY TALE
• WHEN NEW JOURNALISM WAS NEW: GAY TALE ON HIS LEGENDARY ESQUIRE PROFILE OF FRANK SATRA
• THE GAY TALESE READER: PORTRAS AND ENUNTERS
• GAY TALE

GAY TALE

Gay Tale is a journalist and ternatnal bt-sellg thor whose works clu The Bridge (Walker & Company 2003), The Kgdom and the Power, Honor Thy Father, Thy Neighbors Wife, and Unto the Sons. “One of the bt piec I ever wrote my life, which no one ever heard of, ” as Gay Tale put on his recent Longform podst, has been republished on “Mr.

Gay Tale is a legend the world of journalism and lerature, wh a legacy that spans over six s. Today, we celebrate Gay’s ntributns to the world of letters by divg to the five sential books of his imprsive ovre.

WEEKEND READG: GAY TALE’S BT, LEAST-KNOWN STORY; LIFE AS A DRONE OPERATOR

Gay tak rears on a journey through the hallowed halls of the newspaper, troducg to the edors, reporters, and power brokers who make all happen.

SEX AND CRIME, THE UPDAT: GAY TALE IS BACK ON THE BEAT

Wh his signature blend of objectivy and lerary flair, Gay pats a vivid picture of the world’s most powerful and fluential newspaper. Frank Satra Has a Cold (1966) – This inic piece of New Journalism is a classic example of Gay’s wrg style.

In , Gay profil the legendary sger Frank Satra, pturg the sence of the man and the myth.

BOOKS BY GAY TALE

From the rerdg studs to the nightclubs, Gay tak rears on a journey through Satra’s world, g dialogue, terr monologue, and vivid scriptns to brg the story to life. Honor Thy Father (1971) – This hntg tale of fay, crime, and the Mafia is a mt-read for fans of Gay’s work. Gay tak ep to the world of the Bonanno crime fay, troducg to a st of fascatg characters, cludg the patriarch of the fay, Joe Bonanno.

FROM FRANK SATRA TO LADY GAGA, THE GREATT HS OF GAY TALE

Wh his tramark attentn to tail, Gay weav a spellbdg story of power, loyalty, and the Amerin Dream. Gay tak rears on a journey through the world of sex and sexualy, troducg to a st of characters who are breakg down the boundari and challengg the stat quo. Unto the Sons (1992) – This movg and timate memoir is Gay’s tribute to his fay and his herage.

In , Gay explor his own roots, tracg his anctry back to the old untry, and illumatg the story of his fay’s journey to Ameri.

GAY TALE DEFENDS ‘THE VOYR’S MOTEL’ AFTER SOURCE IS UNRCUT

Wh his signature style, Gay brgs the story of his fay to life, patg a vivid picture of the Amerin immigrant experience. In ncln, the five books are jt the tip of the iceberg when to Gay Tale’s imprsive body of work.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR

From behd-the-scen looks at the world’s most powerful stutns to timate profil of the people who shape our world, Gay’s wrg is a ttament to the power of journalism and the art of storytellg.

OTHER BOOKS BY GAY TALE

So, on this ocsn of his birthday, let’s raise a glass to Gay Tale, the master of New Journalism, and the greatt storyteller of our time. Happy birthday, Gay! Gay Tale had somethg to show me.

WHEN NEW JOURNALISM WAS NEW: GAY TALE ON HIS LEGENDARY ESQUIRE PROFILE OF FRANK SATRA

In full view of a New York magaze wrer who’d been sent to profile Tale, a massse “took hold of Gay’s penis as lmly as if had been a pool cue” and playfully threatened to pate . Author and journalist Gay Tale (right) and Gerald Foos, the Colorado motel owner who for years spied on his guts, are the foc of the Netflix documentary Voyr.

THE GAY TALESE READER: PORTRAS AND ENUNTERS

There's a fascatg moment the new Netflix documentary Voyr when the filmmakers ask the protagonist, Gerald Foos — who allegedly spied on guts om the attic of the now-funct Manor Hoe Motel Aurora that he owned — whether he regretted tellg his story to renowned journalist Gay Tale, who published a New Yorker article, then book, about Foos 2016.

That’s why I didn’t tell Gay [Tale] about , " Foos said. And while you n always zy up on the uch and prs play on a movie about queer love, the LGBTQ books will take thgs one step of the classics, bt-sellers and new releas on this list put gay characters at the heart of the story — or at the very least, are wrten by thors who intify as LGBTQ+.

GAY TALE

As the end of his life draws near, Jab hop to the right the wrongs that ed his relatnship wh his gay son, Isaac. "How We Fight for Our Liv" by Saeed JonPoet Saeed Jon’ g-of-age memoir is a rehgly hont look at the realy of beg a Black gay man the south. When Garrard Conley is outed by his parents, they make him attend a 12-step nversn therapy program to “cure” him of his homosexualy.

"The Guncle" by Steven RowleyOnce-famo s star Patrick is a proud Guncle (Gay Uncle Patrick, actually). You won’t fd a buttoned-up gay love story the pag: Purnell unearths the dysfunctn of Black, broke and queer men fallg and out of love (or, well, lt).