Jordan Dotson

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Like a Smoke Ring

November 26, 2017 By Jordan

…said Perry, whose voice was both gentle and prim – a voice that, though soft, manufactured each word exactly, ejected it like a smoke ring issuing from a parson’s mouth.

…Truman Capote, In Cold Blood

Filed Under: Prose Porn, Things I wish I'd written Tagged With: In Cold Blood, Truman Capote

A Weapon Struck

November 2, 2017 By Jordan

He had merely fallen face down across the bed, as though sleep were a weapon that had struck him from behind.

…Truman Capote, In Cold Blood.

Filed Under: Prose Porn, Things I wish I'd written Tagged With: In Cold Blood, Truman Capote

Exceptional Happenings

September 24, 2017 By Jordan

Like the waters of the river, like the motorists on the highway, and like the yellow trains streaking down the Santa Fe tracks, drama, in the shape of exceptional happenings, had never stopped there.

…Umph. That’s almost music. Truman Capote. From In Cold Blood.

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Wouldn’t you call that a problem?

January 22, 2011 By Jordan

“So Jimmy Baldwin tells me the plot of his book, and he says to me: the writing’s going well, but I just want to make sure it’s not one of those problem novels. I said: Jimmy, your novel’s about a Negro homosexual who’s in love with a Jew — wouldn’t you call that a problem?”

…Philip Seymour Hoffman playing Truman Capote, in Capote, as referenced by Javed Jahangir in this overly self-indulgent but admirably precise article.

Filed Under: Things I wish I'd written Tagged With: Beyond the Margins, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Truman Capote