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" My friend Tom : "
William Jay Smith ; foreword by Suzanne Marrs
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BL
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592169
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b421388
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| Main Entry
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Smith, William Jay,1918-
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| Title & Author
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My friend Tom : : the poet-playwright Tennessee Williams /\ William Jay Smith ; foreword by Suzanne Marrs
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| Publication Statement
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Jackson :: University Press of Mississippi,, c2012
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xxi, 173 p. :: ill. ;; 23 cm
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9781617031755
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: 1617031755
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: 9781617031762
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: 1617031763
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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
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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
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Williams, Tennessee,1911-1983-- Criticism and interpretation
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Williams, Tennessee,1911-1983-- Friends and associates
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Smith, William Jay,1918-Friends and associates
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PS3545.I5365Z8355 2012
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