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Capote, Mailer and Miss Parker

Janet Winn's New Republic article summarizing David Susskind's "Open End" television program, on which Mailer, Truman Capote, and Dorothy Parker discussed Jack Kerouac, the Beats, and writing.

“Capote, Mailer and Miss Parker.” Article by Janet Winn. New Republic, 9 February 1959, 27–28.

A summary of David Susskind’s 18 January “Open End” television program, on which Mailer, Truman Capote, and Dorothy Parker discussed Jack Kerouac, the Beats, and writing in general. Mailer corrected Winn’s account of his remarks on Capote and E. M. Forster in his “Who Said What?” letter (59.4).

First published: 1959-02-09
Form: article
Lennon & Lennon: 59.3
Cite as: /works/1959-02-09-capote-mailer-and-miss-parker
Last updated: 2026-05-23