Capote/Carson/typewriters.

I cut this article out a few weeks ago — and it was too large to post.

It’s all about how JOANNE CARSON joined with TRUMAN CAPOTE to write her memoirs… and years later, STEVE SOBOROFF, typewriter collector, bought Truman’s typewriter.

I decided it shouldn’t sit languishing on my desk anymore, so take a second to go to the website if you’re curious what caught my eye.

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http://www.latimes.com/la-ca-c1-1007-capote-pictures-photogallery.html

Finally decided just to show the link and get it out there. **** “Last summer, to help a friend with cancer, she sold Capote’s typewriter to local collector Steve Soboroff, who had been inquiring about it for years.” … Soboroff got her to part with Capote’s Smith Corona.  He collects typewriters owned by historical figures — Ernest Hemingway, John Lennon, Joe DiMaggio — and lends them out to raise money for journalism scholarships  (Yes, people pay to type on the Unabomber’s typewriter). ***” “Carson is taken with Soboroff because, she says, he reminds her of Capote.” The book was never completed… but the friendship with Capote — the ultimate ghost-writer —  lived on.