In fact, most people in publishing of my acquaintance also do not vacation in the Hamptons, but no matter: this is about Gay and Nan Talese and their year-round residence in Ocean City which they love because, according to the New York Times’ Julia Lawlor, “it’s the antithesis of the Manhattan literary whirl.” The Taleses bought the house 40 years ago after a year’s renting and it’s the away base for Gay to write and Nan to edit and occasionally entertain visitors.* “It’s a place to be away,” Nan Talese said. “When we come down, we just stay at home.”
*I suppose, in light of this item, there’s an extra connotation not only to the above phrase, but to this entire post.