278. Truman Capote's Lost Treasures | Snake Bite Kits

About this episode

This episode explores Truman Capote's artistic endeavor of creating snake bite kits and his planned art show.

It is a double drop this week to talk about one more of Truman Capote’s lost treasures. Who knew Truman was an artist? And that his creative project was making snake bite kits? This tale explores this hobby, Truman’s planned art show, and Gotham Book Mart’s involvement in the whole affair.  Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon ! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to info@amplitudemediapartners.com . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Hemlock Creatives

Topics covered

• Truman Capote
• art
• snake bite kits
• creative projects
• history
• true crime

Keywords

• Truman Capote
• snake bite kits
• art show
• Gotham Book Mart
• lost treasures
• history
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gotham Book Mart

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