A Joanne Carson Footnote
In an interview last fall, Carson deemed her first chapter a "minor piece" but also "one of a kind."
Joanne Carson remained loyal to Truman Capote, and vice versa. We were reminded of this over the weekend because upon hearing of the passing of Carson at age 83, we re-read the interview she gave last fall to Los Angeles Times columnist Robin Abcarian.
Carson told the reporter than when she split from Johnny in 1970, all sorts of people abandoned her, including Joan Rivers. Six years later, when an excerpt from Answered Prayers was published in Esquire, Capote lost many so-called friends, but not Carson.
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