{"id":41961,"date":"2012-11-16T09:30:21","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T14:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=41961"},"modified":"2013-04-22T18:25:31","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T22:25:31","slug":"truman-capote-manuscript-is-discovered-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/16\/truman-capote-manuscript-is-discovered-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Truman Capote Manuscript Is Discovered, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/170px-TrumanCapote1959.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/170px-TrumanCapote1959.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"170px-TrumanCapote1959\" width=\"170\" height=\"205\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41963\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<li>An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/culture\/2012\/11\/truman-capote-unseen-manuscript-unfinished-novel-answered-prayers#slide=1\" target=\"_blank\">unfinished Truman Capote manuscript <\/a>is discovered at the New York Public Library. <\/li>\n<li>Cocktail recipes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/philip-greene\/post_4021_b_2094921.html?utm_hp_ref=books\" target=\"_blank\">by Hemingway<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/blogs\/pageviews\/2012\/11\/pope-to-world-learn-latin\" target=\"_blank\">Pope Benedict <\/a>encourages his flock to learn Latin. <\/li>\n<li>Poems <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/books\/titles\/159906558\/i-could-pee-on-this-and-other-poems-by-cats\" target=\"_blank\">in the voice of cats<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/romance-queen-nora-roberts-is-boonsboaros-economic-engine\/2012\/11\/11\/8916a39a-2c35-11e2-a99d-5c4203af7b7a_gallery.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nora Roberts <\/a>revitalizes her Maryland town. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unfinished Truman Capote manuscript is discovered at the New York Public Library. 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