{"id":1267,"date":"2016-01-17T14:26:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T19:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crafttheshow.com\/?p=1267"},"modified":"2016-01-19T20:14:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T01:14:19","slug":"melanie-benjamin-ruffling-the-feathers-on-the-swans-of-fifth-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=1267","title":{"rendered":"Melanie Benjamin: ruffling the feathers on the Swans of Fifth Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Credit: https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/b\/b0\/TrumanCapote1959.jpg<\/p><\/div>Many people think of Truman Capote as the campy talk show guest or the inspiration for the character of Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em>. Melanie Benjamin wanted to know more about the author in his prime, before his high society tell-all book ruined his social standing in New York. Her research resulted in The Swans of Fifth Avenue<\/a>, another of her trademark historical fictions in the vein of The Aviator’s Wife<\/em> and Alice I Have Been<\/em>. Listen in to learn<\/a> about the scandal that essentially ended Capote’s literary career.<\/p>\n

Melanie Benjamin will appear in Columbus with Thurber House<\/a> on\u00a0Wednesday, January 27, 2016.<\/p>\n

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