The author recounts her first meeting with Truman Capote and discusses his impact on American literature.
My mouth went dry, and I whispered to Pauley, “Why don’t you start with how I met Capote?” She caught my fear and when we went live, she introduced me and threw out the softball. Thank you, Jane Pauley! It all started on July 16, 1982, when I met Truman for lunch at La Petite Marmite, across the street from where he lived at the UN Plaza, to discuss doing an interview with him. Though I was on time, he had already ordered his food and chuckled when I asked whether I was late or he was early.
Like Toulouse-Lautrec, he will come to represent his period, and he will be treasured for the masterly way he epitomized it. But only if he can finish his work in high style…only if he masters his subject rather than allowing it to overwhelm him. I hear he’s drinking so much and into drugs so heavily, that the chances of his making it are slim.
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