It’s pretty well known that Brooklyn Heights has had more than its share of great writers as residents, but in response to a question from Heights resident “Lauren” the Eagle has interviewed another Heights resident, former Borough Historian John Manbeck, about the neighborhood’s literary history. We all (or most of us, I presume) know about […]
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Brooklyn Heights: Home of the (Literary) Stars
By Claude Scales on August 13, 2019 11:25 pm in 11201, Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Literature
Brooklyn Historical Society to Show Four Capote Films
By Claude Scales on December 21, 2016 10:56 pm in 11201, Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Literature, movies
On four Thursdays in January and February, in conjunction with their exhibition Truman Capote’s Brooklyn: The Lost Photographs of David Attie, the Brooklyn Historical Society will present “Capote on Screen”, free screenings of films connected with Mr. Capote. On January 12 the series begins with Breakfast at Tiffany’s, based on Capote’s novella and starring Audrey […]
Were Truman Capote’s Pants On Fire?
As BHB readers know well, Truman Capote wrote In Cold Blood (as well as Breakfast at Tiffany’s and A House on the Heights) while living at 70 Willow Street right here in Brooklyn Heights (when he did his writing, he wasn’t in Kansas anymore). Now, as this Wall Street Journal piece tells it, recently revealed […]
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