On the recommendation of Truman Capote, Highsmith attended the Yaddo writers' colony in Saratoga Springs, N.

FORBES: A dark view

On the recommendation of Truman Capote, Highsmith attended the Yaddo writers' colony in Saratoga Springs, New York in the summer of 1948.

FORBES: A dark view

Writers and artist colonies like Yaddo in upstate New York hope that peaceful natural surroundings and stimulating company will work magic, and they may have: Yaddo alumni have collectively won 61 Pulitzer Prizes, 56 National Book Awards and a Nobel Prize in literature.

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