a.k.a. Tom
Posted on February 16, 2008 by Sarah
Tennessee Williams wasn’t always Tennessee, he was born Thomas Lanier Williams in Mississippi. In fact, he was Tom Williams when he wrote Candles to the Sun, he was nicknamed Tennessee during his college days by his fraternity brothers and didn’t start using the name Tennessee until later. You can read more about his early life in this biography Tom: The Young Tennessee Williams A Biography by Lyle Leverich.
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