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The Kansas Reads...In Cold Blood book discussion project not only encouraged Kansans to read and discuss a
classic book but also generated new historical information. This display at Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library resulted when a donor came forward with the pastel in this photo a week before the project ended. This is original artwork created
by In Cold Blood's convicted killer, Perry Smith and, ironically, signed by the other felon in Truman Capote's classic, Richard Hickok. The library's blog, "Papercuts," said "We hope this unexpected, last-minute addition to Kansas Reads continues
the project's goals of encouraging and sustaining the on-going spirited discussion."
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BOOKS
Other Voices, Other Rooms (novel), 1948
A Tree of Night and Other Stories (collection), 1949
Local Color (European travel essays), 1950
The Grass Harp (novella), 1951
The Muses Are Heard (article collection), 1956
Breakfast at Tiffany’s: A Short Novel and Three Stories, 1958
In Cold Blood, 1966
A Christmas Memory (holiday gift book), 1966
The Thanksgiving Visitor (holiday gift book), 1968
Music for Chameleons (collection), 1980
One Christmas (holiday gift book), 1983
Answered Prayers: The Unfinished Novel, 2001
The Complete Stories of Truman Capote (anthology), 2005
Summer Crossing (Capote’s first novel in 1943), 2005
Portraits and Observations: The Essays of Truman Capote (new collection) 2007
FILMS
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Blake Edwards, director), 1961
A Christmas Memory (Frank Perry, director), 1966
With Love from Truman (documentary short interview with Capote), 1966
The Thanksgiving Visitor (narrated by Capote, Frank Perry, director), 1967
In Cold Blood (Richard Brooks, director), 1967
Laura (Capote-written television screenplay of classic Otto Preminger film), 1967
The Great Gatsby (rejected screenplay for Paramount), 1974
Murder by Death (Capote in role of Lionel Twain, Neil Simon, writer, Robert Moore, director), 1976
Annie Hall (Capote in uncredited cameo role), 1977
The Doors (Paul Williams portrays Capote), 1991
Tru ( PBS American Playhouse one-man show starring Robert Morse), 1992
54 (Louis Negrin portrays Capote), 1998
Isn’t She Great? (Sam Street portrays Capote), 2000
The Audrey Hepburn Story (Michael J. Burg portrays Capote) 2000
Truman Capote: The Tiny Terror (documentary, A&E Biogrpahy), 2004
The Hoax (Michael J. Burg portrays Capote) 2006
Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman wins Oscar for Best Actor), 2006
Infamous (Toby Jones portrays Capote), 2006
To secure permission to use these and other films, contact: Movie Licensing USA, (888)267-2658
BOOKS ABOUT TRUMAN CAPOTE
Clarke, Gerald. Truman Capote: A Biography (1988)
Malin, Irving (ed.). Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood” (1968)
Nance, William L. The Worlds of Truman Capote (1970)
Parks, Ande. Capote in Kansas: A Drawn Novel (graphic novel) (2005)
Plimpton, George. Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances,
And Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career ((1997)
Powers, Kim. Capote in Kansas: A Ghost Story (fiction) (2007)
Rudisill, Marie and James C. Simmons. The Southern Haunting of Truman Capote
(2000)
Waldmeir, Joseph J. (ed.). Critical Essays on Truman Capote (1999)
__________. The Critical Response to Truman Capote (1999)
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