Fifty years ago, Gay Tale's magaze profile of Frank Satra kick-started the genre known as New Journalism. Mick Brown met him New York
Contents:
- WHEN NEW JOURNALISM WAS NEW: GAY TALE ON HIS LEGENDARY ESQUIRE PROFILE OF FRANK SATRA
- 'I WANTED TO ELEVATE JOURNALISM': GAY TALE, THE WRER WHO NAILED FRANK SATRA
- 50 YEARS LATER, GAY TALE REVISS ‘FRANK SATRA HAS A COLD’
- GAY TALE: THE TTHDIG INTERVIEW
- INTERVIEW WH AUTHOR GAY TALE
- GAY TALE EXPLAS WHY HE WROTE INIC ESQUIRE PROFILE “FRANK SATRA HAS A COLD”
- GAY TALE, THE ART OF NONFICTN NO. 2
- “WHY’S THIS SO GOOD?” NO. 24: GAY TALE ON JOE DIMAGG
- GAY TALE ON THE STATE OF JOURNALISM, IRAQ AND HIS LIFE
- 'I WRE ABOUT AWFUL PEOPLE,' SAYS GAY TALE
WHEN NEW JOURNALISM WAS NEW: GAY TALE ON HIS LEGENDARY ESQUIRE PROFILE OF FRANK SATRA
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'I WANTED TO ELEVATE JOURNALISM': GAY TALE, THE WRER WHO NAILED FRANK SATRA
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50 YEARS LATER, GAY TALE REVISS ‘FRANK SATRA HAS A COLD’
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GAY TALE: THE TTHDIG INTERVIEW
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INTERVIEW WH AUTHOR GAY TALE
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GAY TALE EXPLAS WHY HE WROTE INIC ESQUIRE PROFILE “FRANK SATRA HAS A COLD”
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GAY TALE, THE ART OF NONFICTN NO. 2
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“WHY’S THIS SO GOOD?” NO. 24: GAY TALE ON JOE DIMAGG
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GAY TALE ON THE STATE OF JOURNALISM, IRAQ AND HIS LIFE
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'I WRE ABOUT AWFUL PEOPLE,' SAYS GAY TALE
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