August 25

Truman Capote died on the 25th in 1984, less than a month before his 60th birthday. Many consider him the best writer of the 20th century. Even putting Capote’s groundbreaking book In Cold Blood to the side and removing it from consideration, I have to agree with that sentiment. I was sold on Capote when I first read his comment concerning Jack Kerouac’s book On the Road. In Capote’s estimation, “It’s not writing at all, it’s typing.”