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Gay Talese
short take
“Nonfiction Writers Are the Ellis Island of Literature”
“Journalism is not given much respect. Journalists themselves, particularly in my generation, didn’t take their jobs very seriously. I take it very seriously. This is a craft. This is an art form. I’m writing stories, just like fiction writers, only I use real names. [...] Nonfiction writers are second-class citizens, the Ellis Island of literature. [...]
