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Great Short Stories By The Playwright,
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'One Arm & Other Stories' (1950) is a collection of eleven short stories by the noted gay dramatist Tennessee Williams and it is a collection that proved well worth this reader's time. Here, Williams reveals his gay themes and lifestyle with a much greater candor and straightforwardness than tend to appear in his plays. Like most quality collections each story in this book is wonderfully evocative of some slice of reality and quickly draws in the reader. At least that was true of this reader. My two favorites in the collection are the title piece 'One Arm', about a one armed hustler on death row, and especially the headbreaking & exquisite tale 'The Angel in the Alcove' about a sick artist in The French Quarter of New Orleans. The latter one will absolutely break your heart. I found it so moving.
I was impressed overall with the stories, some more than others but that may have been more the result of personal resonance. Some just really struck a chord. If you're a fan of the playwright of 'A Streecar Named Desire, 'The Rose Tattoo', 'The Sweet Bird of Youth', 'The Glass Menagerie', and so many others as I am - then 'One Arm and Other Stories' is an amazing window to greater understanding into the troubled gay genius behind the dramatist supreme. As a huge admirer of the man's work I found it an endlessly fascinating glimpse into the human spirit...and a view through some of the especially dark windows.
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Better than his big hit Broadway plays,
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Tennessee Williams's early shorts stories in this collection are more interesting and more moving than his big hit Broadway plays.
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IN New Orleans in the winter of '39 there were three male hustlers usually to be found hanging out on a certain corner of Canal Street and one of those streets that dive narrowly into the ancient part of the city. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Miss Jelkes, Costa Verde, New Orleans, Anthony Burns, Bright Spot Cafe, Goody Tutwiler, Agatha Doyle, Increase Tutwiler, Kirk Abbott, State University, White Star New!
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IN New Orleans in the winter of '39 there were three male hustlers usually to be found hanging out on a certain corner of Canal Street and one of those streets that dive narrowly into the ancient part of the city. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
golden panther, younger writer, black giant Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Jelkes, Costa Verde, New Orleans, Anthony Burns, Bright Spot Cafe, Goody Tutwiler, Agatha Doyle, Increase Tutwiler, Kirk Abbott, State University, White Star New!
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