Vox 15 - Colm Toibin on Tennessee William's Journal

An Authentic voice: "It is strange how out of out of all this mostly inchoate and random writing, a sense of a personal vision emerges that would make its way into the very core of Williams's main character and scenes. These entries capture an authentic voice, an artist alone and deeply fearful and unusually selfish. Many of his most whining entries were written on the very days when he was producing his most glittering work. His whining was not a game or done for effect; it seems, indeed, a rare example of a whining both sincere and heartfelt." (Toibin, Colm. "The Shadow of Rose." (Rev of T. Williams Notebooks). NYRB (20 Dec 2007): 38-44)