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<em>Truman Capote at his masked Black & White Ball, 1966. Elliott Erwitt/Magnum photo.</em>

Capote-B&W ball

By RICHARD SCHNEIDER on August 17, 2022

RICHARD SCHNEIDER

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Essays

‘The men were always Murmuring.’

Essay By Andrew Holleran: Robert Newburgh, fond of fashionable clothes, was rumored even before becoming the Royal Irish Company’s chaplain to be a “buggerer.”

Essays

D. H. Lawrence’s White Peacock

Essay By Andrew White: “‘FETCH A TOWEL,’ he called, ‘and come on!’” So begins Cyril and George’s steamy swim in D. H. Lawrence’s first all-male erotic scene, which is found in his debut novel, The White Peacock.

Art

The Love Song of Lorca and Dalí

Essay By Ignacio Darnaude: IN THE HEART OF MADRID, amid the vibrant cultural hub of the Residencia de Estudiantes, fate orchestrated a meeting in 1923 that would forever alter the trajectories of two towering figures in Spanish culture: Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) and Salvador Dalí (1904-1989).

Essays

1947: Tales of Tanglewood

Essay By Val Holley: While Bernstein wel- comed Richard Romney to Tanglewood, Felicia Montealegre (his fiancée) had to force her way in.
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