About the book: 1993 / The proposed book by the greatest American writer and playwright Tennessee Williams (1911–1983) could have the subtitle “Tennessee Williams, Shocking America”: here "Forbidden" and "semi-forbidden" fruits of his work are collected - interviews, plays and stories in which he appears as a "cool" author. The greatest American writer, playwright of the twentieth century, Tennessee Williams (1911–1983), always appeared to the Russian-speaking reader as very browned": his shocking plays were either not staged here at all, or came with large bills; the most innocent ones were selected from the stories, the translators omitted not only the “strong word”, but also carefully erased entire paragraphs from his works. Meanwhile, Williams often shocked the Americans themselves, who consider him one of the “coolest” writers in the country. The proposed book could be subtitled “Tennessee Williams, Shocking America”: here are collected the “forbidden” or “semi-forbidden” fruits of his work.