An Unearthly Creature: Melanie Benjamin on the Downfall of Truman Capote
An interview with 'The Swans of Fifth Avenue' author Melanie Benjamin about the events that led to Truman Capote's celebrity downfall.
Capote and Literary Criticism
Truman Capote continues to support writers from beyond the grave with the largest cash prize for literary criticism in his name.
A Lifetime of ‘In Cold Blood’
Retired Alabama professor Ralph Voss—whose first introduction to the real-life story told in Truman Capote's In Cold Blood was as a teenager growing up in Kansas—talks about living with the book and why it remains a phenomenon 50 years later.
Capote’s Beginnings: Discovering the Early Stories of Truman Capote
Cerith Mathias talks to Peter Haag and Anuschka Roshani, who discovered Truman Capote's previously unpublished early works.
Adventure in Death: Capote’s Ashes Up for Sale
Cerith Mathias talks to Darren Julien, who is auctioning off Truman Capote's ashes from the estate of Joanne Carson this weekend.
Truman Capote: Storyteller, Writer, Voyeur, Legend
As America celebrates the 50th anniversary of 'In Cold Blood,' we examine the life, work, celebrity and legacy of author Truman Capote.
Literary Friday: Mississippi Book Festival Edition
Meet the authors attending the Mississippi Book Festival, bid on Truman Capote's ashes at auction next month and read some Mississippi essays in Southern Voice.
Literary Friday, Edition 196
More writings of Harper Lee's discovered, Capote on Bravo, ScarJo to play Zelda Fitzgerald and a Nashville guide to J.T. Ellison's 'No One Knows,' plus events & a new poem.