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1. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2023/06/12Did This Writer Actually Know Tennessee Williams? | The New ...

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   Jun 5, 2023 · James Grissom, Jr., was born in October, 1961, in Baton Rouge, the youngest of four children. His father, James, Sr., was an electrician who worked for a chemical-manufacturing company; his mother ...

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3. longreads.com › 2015/04/16 › tennessee-williams-onTennessee Williams on His Women, His Writer's Block, and ...

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   Apr 16, 2015 · James Grissom, a young writer who corresponded with Tennessee Williams, shares his personal and professional encounters with the playwright and his muses. He reveals Williams' insights on writing, women, and his mental theater.

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4. www.amazon.com › Follies-God-Tennessee-WilliamsFollies of God: Tennessee Williams and the Women of the Fog

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   Aug 9, 2016 · James Grissom took a huge chance by sharing so much of his research work on Facebook during the many years he spent putting together “Follies of God”, the fantastic new book about Tennessee Williams and the actresses who inspired the playwright.

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   Who is James Grissom?

   • Grissom calls “Follies” a memoir, but it contains few details about his life. James Grissom, Jr., was born in October, 1961, in Baton Rouge, the youngest of four children. His father, James, Sr., was an electrician who worked for a chemical-manufacturing company; his mother, Winnie, worked at the Baton Rouge Clinic.

   Did This Writer Actually Know Tennessee Williams?

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   Where does James Grissom live?

   • JAMES GRISSOM studied at Louisiana State University and the University of Pennsylvania. He has written for HBO, Showtime, CBS, and NBC. He lives in New York. About James Grissom JAMES GRISSOM studied at Louisiana State University and the University of Pennsylvania. He has written for HBO, Showtime, CBS, and NBC. He lives in New York.

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   Why did Tennessee Williams send Grissom on a journey?

   • After a long, intense conversation, Williams sent Grissom on a journey on the playwright’s behalf to find out if he, Tennessee Williams, or his work, had mattered to those who had so deeply mattered to him, those who had led him to what he called the blank page, “the pale judgment.”

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   Did James Grissom get a phone call from Tennessee Williams?

   • Sometime in September, 1982, James Grissom, a twenty-year-old English student at Louisiana State University, receives a life-changing phone call from Tennessee Williams. It doesn’t come completely out of the blue: Grissom had sent a fan letter to the playwright, enclosing a picture and a few short stories, and asking for advice.

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6. www.penguinrandomhouse.com › books › 72189Follies of God by James Grissom: 9781101972779 ...

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   About Follies of God. This remarkably illuminating portrait of Tennessee Williams lifts the veil on the heart and soul of his artistic inspiration: the unspoken collaboration between playwright and actor. At a low moment in Williams’s life, he summoned to New Orleans a young twenty-year-old writer, James Grissom, who had written him a letter ...

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7. grissom.substack.com › p › maureen-stapleton-on-monroeMaureen Stapleton on Monroe - James Grissom

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   1 day ago · Maureen Stapleton on Monroe "She was a sweet girl. She would clip her toenails and ask me what the deal was with Chekhov. I would say I didn’t know, but let’s talk about it.

8. www.goodreads.com › book › showFollies of God: Tennessee Williams and the Women of the Fog

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   Mar 3, 2015 · James Grissom’s Follies of God is a revelation, a book that moves and inspires and uncannily catches that illusive “dreaming nature.”. Show more. Genres Nonfiction Biography Theatre Literary Fiction Autobiography Biography Memoir Plays. 404 pages, Hardcover. First published March 3, 2015. Book details & editions.

9. grissom.substack.com › p › kim-hunter-somethingKim Hunter: Something Kazan Whispered - James Grissom

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   Jul 20, 2014 · Conducted by James Grissom. 1989. I'm going to tell you what [Elia] Kazan said to me and to Vivien [Leigh] on one of those occasions when we were pulled to the side and had something whispered in our ears: He told us that the two of us--these two women--were attached to Stanley by cords as strong and as vital as the umbilical cord that kept us ...