When New Journalism Was New: Gay Tale on His Legendary Esquire Profile of Frank Satra ‹ Lerary Hub

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. 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.

Wh his signature blend of objectivy and lerary flair, Gay pats a vivid picture of the world’s most powerful and fluential newspaper.

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

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.

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

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.

Wh his tramark attentn to tail, Gay weav a spellbdg story of power, loyalty, and the Amerin Dream.

BOOKS BY GAY TALE

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.

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

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. 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. 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.

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.

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

Happy birthday, Gay! Gay Tale had somethg to show me.

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

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.

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.

OTHER BOOKS BY GAY TALE

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+. 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). In this royal rom-, the prce of England and heir to the throne is gay, and longs for the son of the first woman print of the U. Gay Tale Exam His Very-Public, 50-Year Marriage for Upg Book -- New York Magaze - Nymag.

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

It isn’t until our third terview that I notice Gay Tale has been stg unrneath a patg of a naked woman wh a rabow g out of her vaga. It is here where they began their life together as a uple their mid-twenti, when the five-story brownstone was like a tenement and Gay lived 3F, a stud they both still refer to as his “bachelor pad”; this is where they raised their two dghters, Pamela and Cathere, and slowly took over every apartment the buildg before fally buyg 1973; this is where they have held numerable book parti for Nan’s celebrated thors; and this is where Gay has done much of the wrg—the historic Esquire piec, the bt sellers wh biblil tl—that brought him fame, fortune, and no small amount of personal agony. Gay wr his new afterword that the immediate aftermath of the book’s publitn, Nan acpanied him on talk shows “to expla that our maral love had remaed unthreatened while I nducted rearch New York massage parlors and a hedonistic nudist lony Los Angel”—which is only half te.

THE GAY TALESE READER: PORTRAS AND ENUNTERS

Nan and Gay elopg Rome, Courty of Gay Tale. It seems far removed om Gay’s realm, jt a floor above, where he keeps the artifacts of his storied reer (cludg a life-size rdboard cutout of himself) along wh his untls bpoke sus and dozens of hand-bbled sho. ” Gay asks his wife.

” As slowly dawns on me that Gay has not told her that he has agreed to participate an article about their marriage, I n feel the tensn beg to rise. “Jonathan is gog to ll you, ” says Gay.

GAY TALE

” About Gay, I say, but you too. Sudnly, Gay pip up, a stern edge to his voice, givg an orr. ” Nan giv me the digs and then Gay says, “Good!

That was when she put the A (her main name is Ahearn) to her name, as if to say wh a sgle letter: I am not jt Gay’s wife. The fay 1980, the year Thy Neighbor's Wife was Thomas Victor/Courty of Gay Tale.

When I first lled Nan to schle an terview, the small talk was brief and mostly about Gay. Stuff of legend: One eveng 1972, when Nan and Gay were walkg home om dner at P.

Clarke’s, Gay spied a neon sign above a buildg on Lexgton Avenue near 59th Street that read LIVE NUDE MODELS.