With Tennessee Williams biography, theater critic John Lahr sheds new light on a familiar legend.
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New accolades for MAD PILGRIMAGE OF THE FLESH
March 2015: John Lahr has just been named winner of the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award for best biography, and winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award for recognition of “the quality of prose style” for his recent biography of Tennessee Williams Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh. Continue Reading
New nomination for Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh
John Lahr’s biography of Tennessee Williams, Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, has been nominated as a finalist for the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award. More details… Continue Reading
More press acclaim for John Lahr’s Tennessee Williams biography
Tennessee Wiiliams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh has been picked amongst the best books of the year in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, The Observer, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Financial Times, the Kirkus Service and Publishers Weekly Continue Reading
Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh wins audio award
Audio book award-winner Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh by John Lahr | Read by Elizabeth Ashley 26.5 hrs. • Unabridged • © 2014 ‘With her smoky voice and Southern accent, Elizabeth Ashley is the perfect narrator for this “warts and all” biography of one of America’s most treasured literary icons. Ashley is no stranger to the works of Tennessee… Continue Reading
Book award finalist
John Lahr has been nominated as a finalist for the National Book Award 2014, and listed as one of the ‘Best 20 Books of 2014’ by Publishers Weekly, for Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh. Continue Reading
Interview with KQED Radio about Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh
Listen to John Lahr’s interview with Michael Krasny of KQED Radio, about Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh Continue Reading
Buy the poster
Buy a stunning 17″ x 24″ poster of Paul Davis’s book jacket design for Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh. More details… Continue Reading
Lahr talks to Hytner
Listen to John Lahr’s conversation with National Theatre Director Nicholas Hytner about Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh. Continue Reading
BBC Radio Four’s Book of the Week
Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh has been selected as BBC Radio Four’s Book of the Week beginning September 22. Read by Damian Lewis Continue Reading