Posts with tag Truman Capote

Summer reading: First it was required by your grade school English teacher to keep you from forgetting everything you learned during the academic year. But later on in life, reading at the beach or by the pool became a sublimely guilty pleasure, a ritual pastime spurred by literary supplements aimed at helping you pick... Continue Reading »

Truman Capote got Manhattanites to cross bridges for his swank soirees long before the hipsters discovered that more space and cheaper rent existed -- with majestic architecture -- east of the island. "I live in Brooklyn. By choice," Capote famously penned in 1959. Much has changed in the 45 years since Capote rented a... Continue Reading »