The Best American Essay 1987

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Gay Talese, 20th Annual ODU Literary Festival

Gay Talese is the author of the highly acclaimed best seller Unto The Sons, a historical memoir that spanned two world wars and possessed what Norman Mailer called “the sweep and detail of a grand 19th-century novel.” His other best selling books include The Kingdom and The Power, Honor Thy Father, Thy Neighbor’s Wife, Fame and Obscurity, and The Bridge. He is a regular contributor to Esquire Magazine, where he was credited by Tom Wolfe with the creation of an inventive form of non-fiction writing called The New Journalism

Nan A. Talese, 4th Annual ODU Literary Festival

Nan A. Talese is the executive editor and vice president of Houghton Mifflin Company. Before joining Houghton Mifflin, she was senior editor and vice president of Simon and Schuster. Talese began her career in publishing at Random House and has published among others the works of Margaret Atwood, A.E. Hotchner, Judith Rossner, Oriana Fallaci, Ted Morgan, A. Alvarez, Ian McEwan, Richard Seizer, and Susan Cheever. On Thursday morning, Talese will speak on editing and answer questions from the audience. On Thursday afternoon, she and Paul Zimmer will discuss the state of contemporary american publishing from the trade and university press points of view. Again, both editors will respond to questions from the audience

Writing Creative Nonfiction: The Literature of Reality

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