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In his piece "Capote and the Trillings: Homophobia and Literary Culture at Midcentury", Jeff Solomon details an encounter between Capote and Lionel and Diana Trilling – two New York intellectuals and literary critics – in which Capote questioned the motives of Lionel, who had recently published a book on E. M. Forster but had ignored the ...
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In the introduction to his 1980 collection, Music for Chameleons, Capote detailed the writing process of the novel: For four years, roughly from 1968 through 1972, I spent most of my time reading and selecting, rewriting and indexing my own letters, other people's letters, my diaries and journals (which contain detailed accounts of hundreds of scenes and conversations) for the years 1943 ...
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Capote was sent to accompany the Opera as it staged a production of Porgy and Bess. First published in two parts, it was later released as a short non-fiction book. The book's title comes from a speech given by one of the Soviet cultural ministry staff, who declared, “When the cannons are heard, the muses are silent.
Lis Harris when writing for The New Yorker said: "Capote describes these pieces as "silhouettes and souvenirs" and "a written geography of my life"—a somewhat diaphanous description, but, like most of Capote's nonfiction writing, completely apt. The title is taken from an French proverb: "les chiens aboient; la caravane passe" ("The dogs bark ...
The will stated that, on Dunphy's death, a literary trust be created that would be sustained by the royalties from Capote's books. According to Truman Capote's will the proceeds of the Trust fund a prize for the best book of literary criticism in honor of Newton Arvin, former professor at Smith College, with any other funds to support ...