tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post789172246071946766..comments2024-01-06T10:36:04.084-05:00Comments on A Commonplace Blog: Remembering Truman CapoteD. G. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659136455045567825noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-74780757001182895012009-09-02T06:24:07.361-04:002009-09-02T06:24:07.361-04:00It took some time, but finally the English version...It took some time, but finally the English version of my response is online here: <a href="http://turmsegler.net/20090902/literature-and-morality/" rel="nofollow">"Literature and Morality"</a>.Benjamin Steinhttp://turmsegler.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-606522921176997192009-08-26T14:44:41.894-04:002009-08-26T14:44:41.894-04:00Here is what I said about your Capote essay to Fra...Here is what I said about your Capote essay to Frank Wilson at Books, Inq. (where he has linked your essay).<br /><br />"I agree with you that D. G. Myers nailed it in his Truman Capote essay. Too many people have in the past spent too much time embracing the over-valued work of a very talented man who--as I see it--squandered his talent, wasted his life (on booze, drugs, and other indiscretions), and expended too much energy in bitter assaults upon others who did not deserve his kind of vitriol. I recall his bizarre appearances and behaviors on late night television talk shows (in the 70s and 80s(?), and the recollections make me cringe because even then I recognized a self-destructive talent on his way to an ignoble end."R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.com