Posts Tagged: Truman Capote

June 23, 2011

Summer Reading List

Summer Reading List

It’s no secret that we Algonkians are voracious readers. This summer, we’re excited to dive into a wide variety of books, from the eclectic (The Decameron, Emily Post’s Etiquette, Yakuza Moon) to …

April 15, 2011

What We’re Reading: Alexandra Styron’s <i>Reading My Father</i>

What We’re Reading: Alexandra Styron’s Reading My Father

In 2006, when I was an assistant publicist at Random House, I was assigned to publicize the reprinting of Darkness Visible, William Styron’s extraordinarily moving memoir on his depression. I knew many …

January 12, 2011

What We’re Reading: Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Over the fall, while helping to search for quotes to accompany the spreads in Algonquin’s annual Out on the Porch calendar, I stumbled upon a passage from Breakfast at Tiffany’s that I …