Truman Capote

by Inge, M. Thomas; Capote, Truman

• ISBN13: 9780878052752
• ISBN10: 0878052755
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-04
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Mississippi

Summary

Truman Capote once said, "The thing I like to do most in the whole world is talk ...," and talk he does in the more than two dozen interviews collected in this book. The topics are often gossip about the famous people Capote ran with, but always he provides revealing information about his writings--the authors who inspired him, his meticulous methods of research and composition, and his personal reverence for the craft of authorship. He was, as the editor notes, "fiercely devoted to his art, and keenly aware of his place in the world of letters."While his detractors, such as Ernest Hemingway and Gore Vidal, spoke out long and loud against the feisty and media-minded writer from Louisiana, Capote here has the last word. What emerges is a portrait of the author as pop cult figure--unabashed in his pursuit of fame and fortune but unstinting in his devotion to becoming one of America's major prose stylists.These interviews range from the first he granted after the publication of his first novel through his shockingly personal self-interview which appeared at the end of his last major work.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
M. Thomas Inge
Chronology	xiii
The Legend of ``Little T''	3	(14)
Selma Robinson
Talk with Truman Capote	17	(3)
Harvey Breit
The Art of Fiction XVII: Truman Capote	20	(13)
Pati Hill
A Rainy Afternoon with Truman Capote	33	(5)
Eugene Walter
Truman Capote	38	(9)
Roy Newquist
The Story Behind a Nonfiction Novel	47	(22)
George Plimpton
The Author	69	(4)
Haskell Frankel
A Visit with Truman Capote	73	(9)
Gloria Steinem
Truman Capote Swings in the Sun	82	(4)
Alice Albright Hoge
``Go Right Ahead and Ask Me Anything.'' (And So She Did)	86	(19)
Gloria Steinem
Truman Capote, Man About Town	105	(5)
Jerry Tallmer
Playboy Interview: Truman Capote	110	(54)
Eric Norden
Truman Capote Talks, Talks, Talks	164	(7)
C. Robert Jennings
We Talk To . . . Truman Capote	171	(2)
Barbara Packer
Laurie Deutsch
Barbara Bussmann
Ann Beattie
Judi Silverman
When Does a Writer Become a Star? Truman Capote	173	(6)
David Frost
Truman Capote on Christmas, Places, Memories	179	(6)
Mary Cantwell
Self-Portrait	185	(11)
Truman Capote
Checking in with Truman Capote	196	(14)
Gerald Clarke
Truman Capote	210	(26)
Denis Brian
Sunday with Mr. C.: An Audio-Documentary by Andy Warhol Starring Truman Capote	236	(60)
Andy Warhol
Coda: Another Round with Mister C.	296	(12)
Jann Wenner
Truman Capote Talks About His Crowd	308	(12)
Richard Zoerink
The Literary Aquarium of Truman Capote	320	(4)
Beverly Grunwald
Truman Capote, the Movie Star?	324	(6)
Josh Greenfeld
Tiny Yes, but a Terror? Do Not Be Fooled by Truman Capote in Repose	330	(5)
Patricia Burstein
After Hours: Books	335	(4)
Beverly Gary Kempton
Truman Capote: An Interview	339	(7)
Cathleen Medwick
20 Questions: Truman Capote	346	(5)
Nancy Collins
Nocturnal Turnings, or How Siamese Twins Have Sex	351	(15)
Truman Capote
Index	366