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Where I live : selected essays /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 (Author)
Other Authors: Day, Christine R. (Editor), Woods, Bob, active 1978 (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New Directions, 1978.
Series:New Directions paperbook ; 468.
Subjects:
Essays.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : personal lyricism / by Christine R. Day
  • Preface to my poems
  • "Something wild--"
  • On a streetcar named success
  • Questions without answers
  • A writer's quest for a Parnassus
  • The human psyche, alone
  • Introduction to Carson McCullers's Reflections in a golden eye
  • The timeless world of a play
  • The meaning of The rose tattoo
  • Facts about me
  • Foreword to Camino real
  • Afterword to Camino real
  • Critic says "evasion," writer says "mystery"
  • Person-to-person
  • The past, present, and the perhaps
  • The world I live in
  • Author and director : a delicate situation
  • If the writing is honest
  • Foreword to Sweet bird of youth
  • Reflections on a revival of a controversial fantasy
  • Tennessee Williams presents his POV
  • Prelude to a comedy
  • Five fiery ladies
  • Biography of Carson McCullers
  • A summer of discovery
  • T. Williams's view of T. Bankhead
  • Too personal?
  • Homage to Key West
  • The pleasures of the table
  • The misunderstandings and fears of an artist's revolt.