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Slate founding editor michael kinsley spoke to talese about the legacy and future of the new journalism on npr s day to day. In fall 2003, esquire magazine celebrated its 70th anniversary by republishing taleses piece sinatra has a cold and declared it the best article in its history. Aug 21, 2012 frank sinatra has a cold ran in april 1966 and became one of the most celebrated magazine stories ever published, a pioneering example of what came to be called new journalism a work of. Gay talese, who wrote for esquire in the 1960s and currently contributes to the new yorker, is the author of several books. The book also claims sinatra was smitten with jackie onassis. Frank sinatra has a cold, by gay talese by esquire classic. Pdf frank sinatra has a cold download ebook for free. In this collectors edition, frank sinatra has a cold is published in traditional letterpress, complete with an introduction by gay talese and facsimile reproductions of manuscript pages, correspondence, and other papers from the authors archive.
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