Title: My friend Tom : the poet-playwright Tennessee Williams /
Authors: Smith, William Jay, 1918-
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Williams, Tennessee, Criticism and interpretation.; Williams, Tennessee, Friends and associates.; Smith, William Jay, Friends and associates.
Abstract: A close friend of Tennessee Williams during his early years as a writer gives an account of the literary great's early career, critiques his work, and reflects on the later, more successful time of Williams' life.
Contents: Thomas Lanier Williams, Washington University: St. Louis, 1935 1940 -- Battle of angels: Boston, 1940 -- The glass menagerie: New York, 1946 -- The poet, lyric and dramatic -- A streetcar named desire: New York, 1947 -- Williams and Frank Merlo: Florence, 1949 -- With Williams at a performance of America hurrah by Jean- Claude van Itallie: New York, 1966 -- Reading of Williams at Lynchburg College: Virginia, 1979 -- Clothes for a summer hotel: New York, March 26, 1980 -- Award of Medal of Freedom to Williams by President Carter: The White House, June 9, 1980 -- Death of Tennessee Williams: New York, February 24, 1983.