Once, on a trip to New Orleans, I went on a ghost tour of the French Quarter. One of the places that the tour guide pointed out to us was an apartment that Truman Capote had lived in. Apparently when he moved in he felt a “spirit,” or some sort of presence in the locale. He credited that spirit with imbuing him with the ability to write his literary masterpieces. Eventually, some years later, Capote said that he could feel…
