Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The scorching tale painted a picture of New York’s waspy high society. It was technically fictional—like Capote's previous works, ...

Although dead for almost 40 years, gay author Truman Capote is having his moment. In the last four years, he's been the subject of two documentaries ("Truman and Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation," ...

"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 ...

To “The Swans,” a coterie of New York high society women, Truman Capote was an amusing circus act. Known for penning Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood, these aristocratic ladies invited him to ...