Brinnin

In September, 1950, after an interview with John Malcolm Brinnin, one of Steinʼs early biographers, she proudly reported to Van Vechten, “I got him to exclude me from his book because the atmosphere of Babyʼs home was a private matter.”

In their last two years together, Methfessel and Bishop spent as much time as possible out of the city, staying at friends’ country homes, especially John Malcolm Brinnin’s, in Duxbury—“stray dogs—pink sky, blue sea, red boat,” Bishop noted in her diary after another chilly walk on the beach.

That Brinnin was a closeted gay man remains more implied here than explored, though it subtly infuses Wood's excellent, circumspect performance.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Dylan Thomas in the White Horse Tavern New York Photograph: Bunny Adler Set Fire to the Stars, which Goddard and Jones wrote, portrays a small slice of Thomas’s life – the week that he came to the United States in 1950, when he was hosted by poet and literary critic, John Malcolm Brinnin, who is played by Wood.

Heads turn and smart phones are raised for Wood, whose role as Brinnin is the latest in a diverse range of characters he’s played, including – most famously – Frodo in the Lord of the Rings.