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Tag Archives: In Cold Blood
“I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.” — Truman Capote
It’s his birthday today. In Cold Blood put him on the map for all time. His journalism/literature hybrid told the terrifying story of a random murder in Holcomb, Kansas, where an entire family was annihilated in their own home, for … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Truman Capote
Gerald Clarke wrote the definitive biography of Truman Capote. It looms as large in the Capote landscape as Richard Ellmann’s biography of Joyce looms in Joyce-land. Published in 1988, no book since addressing the onslaught in American culture that was … Continue reading
Posted in On This Day, writers
Tagged Answered Prayers, In Cold Blood, Truman Capote
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2014 Books Read
2014 was a good reading year. I re-read a lot of favorites, including Rebecca West’s 1200 page Black Lamb and Grey Falcon. There was a fun mix of re-reads and new stuff, of fiction and non-fiction. My year of being … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged 1984, Amongst Women, Anjelica Huston, August Strindberg, books read, E.B. White, England, Evelyn Waugh, friends, George Orwell, Henry James, In Cold Blood, Inherent Vice, Ireland, John Cassavetes, John McGahern, Love Streams, Mark Helprin, Mark Twain, Patrick O'Brian, Rebecca West, Roger Angell, Seamus Heaney, Sweden, Truman Capote, Wales, war
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Ebertfest 2014: Capote (2005)
Friday afternoon, following the awesome screening of 1924’s He Who Gets Slapped (which I wrote up for Rogerebert.com) came the screening of Capote. It is still hard to comprehend that Philip Seymour Hoffman is no longer with us. It is … Continue reading
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Tagged biopic, In Cold Blood, Philip Seymour Hoffman, reviews, Truman Capote
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The Books: Capote: A Biography, by Gerald Clarke
Daily Book Excerpt: Biography Next biography on this shelf is Capote: A Biography, by Gerald Clarke A definitive biography of Truman Capote. It looms as large in the Capote landscape as Richard Ellmann’s biography of Joyce looms in Joyce-land. Published … Continue reading
Posted in Books, writers
Tagged Answered Prayers, Biography, In Cold Blood, Truman Capote
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Happy Birthday, Truman Capote!
Today is the birthday of one of my favorite writers – Truman Capote. Truman Capote has been one of my many life-long obsessions – so forgive my autistic knowledge of this man – his life, and his work and his … Continue reading
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Tagged Answered Prayers, In Cold Blood, Marilyn Monroe, Music for Chameleons, Spencer Tracy, The Grass Harp, Truman Capote
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In Cold Blood: “And I said, ‘Oh, Bonnie … Bonnie, dear … I haven’t seen you since that terrible thing happened.'”
Truman Capote in Holcomb, Kansas. I thought I had seen all the photos from that time in Capote’s life, but I certainly haven’t seen that one. I love it. Here’s a big post I wrote on Capote. His time in … Continue reading
Happy birthday, Truman Capote!
Today is the birthday of one of my favorite writers – Truman Capote. Truman Capote has been one of my many life-long obsessions – so forgive my autuistic knowledge of this man – his life, and his work. Also – … Continue reading
The Books: “In Cold Blood” (Truman Capote)
Oops, double post. It’s under true crime as well. The great In Cold Blood – by Truman Capote. On my top 10 list of favorite books. A couple posts about Capote on my site: In Cold Blood – the first … Continue reading
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
Jessa Crispin has an interesting interview with Peter Boxall, editor of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. I loved what Boxall said at the end: Having benefited from an extraordinary number of emails and letters as well as … Continue reading
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