 The brilliant work, personal struggles, and cultural impact of two of the most important American writers of the 20th century, Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams, explodes onto the screen In Truman & Tennessee, a masterful collage of archival material, including talk show appearances with Dick Cavett and David Frost, with clips from some of the duo’s memorable movie adaptions: A Streetcar Named Desire,
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Glass Menagerie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and In Cold Blood. For more information about the film and to purchase tickets, click HERE. Join the discussion on Monday, June 28 at 7:00 PM with Nick Norwood, director of the Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians, and Karen Clark, a board member of River River Writers Circle, moderated by writer and filmmaker Juliana Roth. Register for the discussion HERE. Want to learn more? Check out this selection of books and films by and about Truman Capote & Tennessee Williams. Portraits and Observations: the essays of Truman Capote Too Brief a Treat: the letters of Truman Capote In Cold Blood The Early Stories of Truman Capote Breakfast at Tiffany's DVD Lost Friendships: a memoir of Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, & Others Tennessee Williams: mad pilgrimage of the flesh Notebooks The Collected Poems of Tennessee Williams The Collected Plays of Tennessee Williams Collected Stories of Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire DVD
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 June is Pride Month! We felt it was best to come up with a book list that reflects the current topics being discussed when it comes to LGBTQIA rights and awareness so many of these books reflect transgender and gender nonconforming experiences.
Becoming a Visible Man Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex Don't Call Us Dead Fairest: A Memoir Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender-Nonconforming Children Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York The Last Time I Wore a Dress Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 My Husband Betty: Love, Sex and LIfe with a Crossdresser Neplantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color The Right to Be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America's Public Schools She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak Stone Fruit This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color  Interested in learning about Juneteenth and what it means? Check out our recommendations below! For additional material and resources check out our Combating Racism Page!
On Juneteenth Juneteenth Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery |
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