Truman Capote Audio & Video

As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence.

Golden Globe-winning actor Michael C. Hall (Six Feet Under) performs Truman Capote's provocative, naturalistic masterstroke about a young writer's charmed fascination with his unorthodox neighbor, the "American geisha" Holly Golightly.

Truman Capote reads "Among the Paths to Eden" and Breakfast at Tiffany's at 92Y in 1963.

The early fiction of one of the nation's most celebrated writers, Truman Capote, as he takes his first bold steps into the canon of American literature.

Some of Mr. Capote's suggestions seem more interesting than practical (never let a psychopathic killer out of prison, but never let him know you're not going to let him out)…

Capote's previously lost and unpublished tale Yachts and Things was recently discovered by Vanity Fair contributing editor Sam Kasher in the New York Public Library....

Set on the outskirts of a small Southern town, The Grass Harp tells the story of three endearing misfits - an orphaned boy and two whimsical old ladies - who one day take up residence in a tree house.

One of art's purest challenges is to translate a human being into words....

Thought to be lost for over 50 years, here is the first novel by one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.