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Life Timeline (1961-1964)

1961		Screen rights to The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter bought by Thomas Ryan in January. Corrects galley proofs of Clock Without Hands in February. Kermit Bloomgarden acquires theater rights to Clock Without Hands in May. In June has surgery on left hand at Harkness Pavilion in New York. "To Bear The Truth Alone" (Part II of Clock Without Hands) published in July Harper's Bazaar. Clock Without Hands, dedicated to Dr. Mary Mercer, published by Houghton Mifflin on September 18. "A Child's View of Christmas" published in December Redbook.
1962		Visits Mary Tucker in Virginia with Edward Albee during summer. With Mary Mercer visits Edward Albee on Fire Island. Meets William Faulkner with Major Simeon Smith at West Point during late summer. Has breastt and hand operations at Harkness Pavilion in September. Attends Cheltenham Festival and Edith Sitwell's 75th birthday celebration in England during October.
1963		"The Dark Brilliance of Edward ALbee" published in January Harper's Bazaar. Travels with Mary Mercer to Charleston on April 12. Meets and begins friendship with Gordon Langely Hall in Charleston. "Sucker", short story, published in September Saturday Evening Post. Edward Albee's adaptation of The Ballad of the Sad Cafe opens on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre on October 30.
1964		The Ballad of the Sad Cafe closes on February 15 after 123 performances. In spring breaks right hip and shatters left elbow in fall. Dramatization of short story, "The Sojourner," presented by NBC television on May 25. Sweet as a Pickle, Clean as a Pig, a collection of children's verse, published by Houghton Mifflin on November 1. Signs last will and testament on November 8. Selection from Sweet as a Pickle, Clean as a Pig published in Redbook on December 1.

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