Diminutive in stature and with a soft cooing voice, Truman Capote was an unexpected celebrity in an era of strict masculine ideals. His sharp wit set him apart, first as a gossip columnist and then as ...

The historical society in Lansing, Kan., hopes to attract visitors to the city of about 11,000 residents by welcoming visitors to the former Kansas State Penitentiary. By Michael Levenson Truman ...

"I'm an alcoholic. I'm a drug addict, I'm a homosexual, I'm a genius," was the way author Truman Capote described himself. But vivid characterizations mentioned by others in the new documentary, The ...

MONROEVILLE, Ala. — Some rare family photos and a collection of Truman Capote’s letters to his favorite aunt in Alabama — on topics ranging from Harper Lee to Tallulah Bankhead to his longing for down ...

But Capote was adamant that his own blend of “immaculately factual” reportage and fictional techniques represented the discovery of a new form, and this insistence tallied with Capote’s “quest to be ...