Description: Early Stories by Tennessee Williams is an edited collection of thirty previously unpublished short stories written in the 1930s, when Tennessee Williams was living in the Midwest. The stories highlight aspects of the writer's biography relative to his young adult years in St. Louis, Columbia, and the Missouri Ozarks, offering insight into the relationships between the author, his family, and close friends. In notes for each story, additional context is provided regarding locations, occupations, and individuals.
Review Quotes: "Had Tennessee Williams never written a play, he might still have entered the U.S. literary canon as a short story writer. This collection of his early short stories, brilliantly edited and annotated by Tom Mitchell, experiments with many of the themes, images, symbols, and even characters that populate Williams's later work, both his fiction and his theatre. Early Stories is an important contribution to the already vast Williams oeuvre."--John S. Bak, author, Tennessee Williams: A Literary Life