>>> BEFORE AMAZON.COM removes my book ENTIRELY (at my request), below are the customer reviews it got there.
Professional reviews can be seen here: http://scottkenan.blogspot.mx/2011/12/professional-reviews-of-walking-on.html
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Reading,
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This review is from: WALKING ON GLASS: A MEMOIR OF THE LATER DAYS OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (Kindle Edition)
Tennessee Williams was a quirky man. We all knew that. Just how quirky he was and what he was like to live and work with is the subject of this hilarious though at times painfully sad memoir of observing the physical, emotional and psychological deterioration of a genius.Scott Kenan shows a lot of class and grace in his memories. Though let go under dubious circumstances he remains a loyal employee and friend to one of the 20th Century's towering artistic figures.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars 10's SLOW SLIDE DOWN,
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if you love the plays and idea of Tennessee Williams achieving the greatness he deserved this account of his later days when he kept trying, accompanied by desperation omnipotent to write brilliantly, again, WALKING ON GLASS is a chronicle of both sadness and forced hope. The people Williams chose to surround him at the end greased the inevitable slide, and Scott Kenan was a companion, certainly not evil, but not exactly the needed angel of help. Some may find this memoir too full of its author to fully satisfy, but it is a chronicle that must be read if you loved Williams.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I bought this book based on the first 2 pages.,
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Being a life-long admirer of the work of Tennessee Williams, I thought this book may bring a particularly different insight into a man whose life was mainly shrouded in secrecy. To my delight, the author was able to take me back in time and put me in the "room" with Tennessee Williams. This book is extraordinarily well written and allows the reader to "see" or be a "fly on the wall" during the final years of Mr. Williams life. It is remarkably candid and appears to be an unbias telling of the real story of the great and often eccentric and manic author/playwright. And even though I now know some of the secrets Mr. Williams tried so hard to keep, the writer does not damage the character of the author but leaves you with a broader understanding of just who penned some of the most remarkable stories of the generation and gives you the hunger to read everything ever written by Tennessee Williams.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars What a wonderful trip!,
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After I finished reading this book, Walking on Glass: A Memoir of the Later Days of Tennessee Williams, I am very happy to say that the author, Scott Kenan took me on quite a wonderful trip back through Key West and my days there. I lived there from the beginning of the 80's thru the 90's. If you have been to Key West you know of its rich history and of Tennessee Williams. While reading this book you may just feel the sun's warmth while riding a bicycle or smell the sweet blossoms that bloom year round in this wonderful paradise. The author recreates the best and possibly the worst of Key West and getting to know Mr. Williams will be a great treat for anyone. If you like to read about the life of a great personality, some old Hollywood and some wonderful name dropping of celebrities, grab this book and escape. It was a brilliant time in Key West and on Broadway and stage. Mr. Kenan's writing rekindles the 1980's with ease. Thanks for the great trip back, I wanted to stay.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting memoir,
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This book will not add a lot to Tennessee scholarship but it does confirm a picture of the man we have read about in other biographies. Strictly for the Williams fan.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it!!,
This review is from: WALKING ON GLASS: A MEMOIR OF THE LATER DAYS OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (Kindle Edition)
This book is a vivid glimpse into a genious that few people had the chance to know on such a personal and daily basis. Kenan took me inside some of the last days of Tennessee Williams' life. Williams, an extremely talented, yet emotionally vulnerable playwright, struggled with both the good and bad aspects of his fame, his talent and his homosexuality. I almost feel like I knew him, too, after reading this short but fascinating first hand account of Williams' last days. I am very sorry that I could not purchase this as a hard cover book. I'd love to have it on my bookself to lend or just pick up and read again as I am a fan of 'real' books more than ebooks.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Walking on Glass: A Memoir of the later days of Tennessee Williams,
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John Bolinger (Hammond, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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WALKING ON GLASS is a masterpiece of the biographer's art, partly because it is rigorously researched, but also because it is exquisitely written by someone who was able to appreciate TW's genius while understanding the artist's weaknesses compassionately with a distance of well over twenty years to buffer any hero worship that may otherwise have occurred. The book glitters with recollections of meetings with the many celebrities who populated TW's life, but the writing is always tempered by a keen intelligence that is able to see things as they actually are without any gushing glorification, which would in any case be affected and certainly unnecessary in conveying the artistic genius and personal life of America's greatest playwright. I have read the book more than once, but its luster never ceases to engage my mind and heart. |
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Tennessee Williams with Ghost, an image by Mark Beard (close friend of Tennessee's NYC best male friend Vassilis Voglis), will grace the cover of my book of this material -- eventually.
Mark Beard (on right), 2013.
Clockwise from bottom left: Georg Osterman, Mark Beard -- in Art School then (recovering from his recent escape from his Mormon TOP BANKING FAMILY -- as well as being great-grandson of one of the three people Joseph Smith dictated the Book of Mormon to), Vasillis Voglis (Tennessee's best male friend in New York who had inherited his male lover's fortune, previously inherited from lover's dad, the President of the New York Stock Exchange), me, Black-Eyed Susan (of Ridiculous Theater fame), Jane Smith (lifelong Williams friend and widow of sculptor Tony Smith, who had as a dancer PREMIERED OKLAHOMA! on the stage and later performed mostly in Europe. Jane was my TOP supporter of the NYC crowd), unknown, Tennessee Williams, and more people unknown to me now.
>>> ADDED LATER: Mark Beard has contacted me to remind me that the "unknowns" in the photo above were all associated with the Ridiculous Theater (or Theatrical), Company -- which both Georg Osterman and Mark Beard were very much involved in.
A tetch more on that here: http://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/08/theater/review-theater-everett-quinton-seeks-the-foulness-within-in-dr-jekyll.html .
Does the "Ridiculous Theater" survive in NYC, today??? For the answer, see here: http://dramaqueennyc.com/category/theatre/off-off-broadway/ .
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>>> MORE ON MARK BEARD:
This is NOT actually him.
(Only a party favor, oft enjoyed by many-a-satisfied!!!)
But Mark Beard really DID paint this on a Manhattan ceiling!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Beard_(artist)
http://carriehaddadgallery.com/index.cfm?method=Artist.ArtistDetail&ArtistID=2BAEEA26-115B-5562-AA229B29A293B4B0
Welp -- time ta TOODLE!!!
Scott
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