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For the old crocodile as Williams called himself late in life the past wasalways present and so it is with his continual shifting and intermingling oftimes places and memories as he weaves this story.When Memoirs was first published in 1975 it created quite a bit ofturbulence in the mediathough long selfidentified as a gay man Williamscandor about his love life sexual encounters and drug use was found shockingin and of itself and such revelations by Americas greatest living playwrightwere called a raw display of private life by The New York Times BookReview. As it turns out thirty years later Williams look back at his lifeis not quite so scandalous as it once seemed he recalls his childhood inMississippi and St. Louis his prolonged struggle as a starving artist theovernight success of The Glass Menagerie in 1945 the death of his longtime companion Frank Merlo in 1962 and his confinement to a psychiatric wardin 1969 and subsequent recovery from alcohol and drug addiction all with thesame directness compassion and insight that epitomize his plays.And of course Memoirs is filled with Williams amazing friends from theworlds of stage screen and literature as heoften hilariously sometimesfondly sometimes notremembers them Laurette Taylor Gore Vidal TrumanCapote Elia Kazan Marlon Brando Vivian Leigh Carson McCullers AnnaMagnani Greta Garbo Elizabeth Taylor and Tallulah Bankhead to name a few.And now film director John Waters well acquainted with shocking the Americanpublic has written an introduction that gives some perspective on the variousreactions to Tennessees Memoirs while also payingtribute to a fellow artistwho inspired many with his integrity and endurance. «
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