Graydon Carter’s party for Gay Talese’s new book raised the question: Do gatherings like this even happen anymore?
Of course, while Talese’s journalistic interests might be with the anonymous masses, his personal Rolodex boasts bigger names.
The abstract artist Frank Stella was also on hand; as Talese explained, the two became fast friends some 60 years ago playing tennis. Until Talese saw Stella’s studio on Spring Street for the first time, “I thought he was a house painter,” Talese said with a laugh. “He would come from his job and have paint all over his pants, in the middle of the afternoon!”
In an interview ahead of the party, Talese deadpanned that he had written “Bartleby” in an effort to offset some of his exorbitant dining expenses. “As a people observer, I’ve always found restaurants to be a form of escape entertainment,” he said. “And I’m a good tipper.” Talese can be spotted frequently at spots such as Donohue’s Steak House and the French bistro Sel et Poivre.
,” along with their Australian terrier . The dog’s name is Gilot, like the French painter and onetime Picasso flame Françoise Gaime Gilot. Or, maybe it isn’t: “I might be wrong. One of the dogs was Gilot,” Talese said. “I forget. They’re all tobacco-colored, look-alike dogs. We’ve had about 20.” As the patio filled to overflowing and attendees began to find themselves squished into corners and bumping into one another in foot-traffic jams, some could be overheard remarking that book parties, once a vital part of the literary social scene, simply don’t happen that often anymore. Back when publishing houses were flush with cash, Talese remembered, one of his book parties involved hundreds of guests at the Pierre hotel in Midtown. “We lucky authors, we almost took it for granted,” he said.
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