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--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on July 01, 2016, 01:11:48 pm ---You mean the article about the Peeping Tom?
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Yes. He didn't even own the motel during a big chunk of the period Talese's book covers. :P
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I'm beginning to wonder how Gay Talese is doing, cognitive healthwise. Here's a response he gave to Vulture.com about what he's reading this summer. Can't tell if it was written or spoken, but either way ...
Gay Talese, writer
“I’m reading Richard Cohen’s book on Nora Ephron — I have the galley. It’s a wonderful book. My cousin Nick Pileggi was married to her, I knew her. This guy Richard Cohen is the only guy who could have written this book. It is a terrific book, and I knew Nora, I’m her cousin-in-law.
Oh, and to get back on topic, here's what David Remnick will be reading:
David Remnick, editor-in-chief, The New Yorker
“The last book I bought hasn't arrived at home yet; it’s A Dance to the Music of Time, by Anthony Powell. And then the two books I'm currently reading: I'm just finishing Robert Gottlieb's memoirs — I wonder why. It isn’t out yet, but I have the galley. And Moby-Dick I'm reading again. It's even better than I remembered it. I sound like a dummy extolling the virtues of Moby-Dick, but god is it good. I figured since I'm not going to go to the beach I might as well read about it.
I have never read Moby-Dick, probably never will read Moby-Dick, and also probably -- never say never! -- be editor of the New Yorker.
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on July 01, 2016, 06:43:39 pm ---I'm beginning to wonder how Gay Talese is doing, cognitive healthwise. Here's a response he gave to Vulture.com about what he's reading this summer. Can't tell if it was written or spoken, but either way ...
Gay Talese, writer
“I’m reading Richard Cohen’s book on Nora Ephron — I have the galley. It’s a wonderful book. My cousin Nick Pileggi was married to her, I knew her. This guy Richard Cohen is the only guy who could have written this book. It is a terrific book, and I knew Nora, I’m her cousin-in-law.
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I'm not sure what's wrong with this quote. I checked on Wikipedia and Nick was married to Nora from 1987–2012. I assume he has the advance galleys of the book, which hasn't come out yet.
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--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on July 01, 2016, 08:18:39 pm ---I'm not sure what's wrong with this quote. I checked on Wikipedia and Nick was married to Nora from 1987–2012. I assume he has the advance galleys of the book, which hasn't come out yet.
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I was referring to how he repeats the same information twice in the same paragraph.
My cousin Nick Pileggi was married to her, I knew her.... I knew Nora, I’m her cousin-in-law.
I guess the weirdness partly depends on whether he wrote it or spoke it, which the story doesn't clarify. If he wrote it, it's ridiculous. If he spoke it, well, people do that kind of thing sometimes. Still, when my mom developed Alzheimer's, repeating facts in conversation was among the first big signs.
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New Yorker copyediting, circa 1962 (sentences are sequential in the article):
This astonishing statement served to confirm a long-held conviction of Sara Murphy’s that Fitzgerald knew very little about people, and nothing at all about the Murphy’s.
Now in their seventies, the Murphys today are not inclined to think very much about the past.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1962/07/28/living-well-is-the-best-revenge?mbid=nl_Sunday%20Longreads%20(43)&CNDID=26521759&spMailingID=9109776&spUserID=MTA5MjQwNDczMzI2S0&spJobID=942390854&spReportId=OTQyMzkwODU0S0
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