TranscriptPacked in morning for 1.45 departure to Washington & PEN/Faulkner gathering.
Took off on schedule, landed likewise. Checked into suite 310 at Capitol Hill Hotel, 2nd & C Streets, SE. Dinner party that evening at Susan Shreve’s. Among fellow honorees are Norman Mailer & wife, Peter Mattheissen & wife, Ken Kesey, & about a dozen others – mainly Eudora Welty, who is staying with (& being looked after) by Roger Mudd. Back to hotel by midnight. |