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Williams
holding his son Dennis, with his other son, Gregory. 1952.
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"SLUGGERS."
Photograph of sons Dennis and Gregory. Syracuse, N.Y. 1952.
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Williams with sons Dennis and Gregory. (1957?)
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Business
Card: "J. Williams / 327 W. 85th St. New York 24,
N.Y. / Public Relations / Marketing / Promotion / Advertising."
1955.
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article appeared in the Syracuse Post-Standard on Sunday,
13 September 1953. At that time Williams was employed as a part-time
copywriter for Doug Johnson Associates, a public relations firm. |
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"THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR," in Flashbacks: A Twenty-Year
Diary of Article Writing. Anchor Press (1974).
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JOHNSON, Doug. Typed letter signed to Williams. 3 August 1970. |
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"STATE
FAIR." Original typescript of article for the Syracuse
Post-Standard, with Williams's corrections. 13 September
1953.
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Printed
dust jacket for Unconventional Prayers by Allen
A. Stockdale. New York: Comet Press Books (1955). Designed
by Williams, with Barbara Koski.
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"This
story, offered in the book's first edition, disappeared from the
second edition because two or three instructors disliked it and
reported that it struck their students speechless with embarrassment.
In response to a larger demand from instructors who found teaching
it well worth their risk, it is now restored. Emotionally charged,
it has a black narrator who makes candid observations of both
blacks and whites. We recommend it for assignment only if you
know your class well and believe them capable of a free, frank
discussion of it. If you use it, why not assign it together with
another brief story, just so you'll have something to pass along
to in case of paralysis."
From
the Instructor's Manual of Little, Brown's third edition of Literature:
An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1983), edited
by X.J. Kennedy. The story has appeared in many anthologies over
the years, most recently in 2004.
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"SON
IN THE AFTERNOON," in Exodus.
Vol. 2 (Fall 1959).
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"SON
IN THE AFTERNOON." Original carbon typescript.
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THE ANGRY ONES (1960)
This was my first novel. I finished it in 1956 in a single-room-occupancy
hotel on West 85th Street in New York. It was not published until
January, 1960. My original title was One for New York.
The first "nibble" came from the then preeminent paperback
publishing house, New American Library. One of the editors there,
however, told me they were reluctant to publish the book because
of southern readers. The novel went through several drafts, at
least two of them complete re-writes. One was done in twenty-four
hours; the second in Castelldefels, Spain. When it was finally
published by Ace Books, the title had been changed - but with
my acquiescence - and the entire book had been edited without
my knowledge and therefore without any consultation with me. I
would not have approved of the cover art had I seen it.
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THE
ANGRY ONES. New York: Ace Books, 1960. First edition. Signed by
Williams. Williams's first regularly published book. |
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ONE
FOR NEW YORK. Chatham, N.J.: The Chatham Bookseller (1975).
Reissue of The Angry Ones under the title originally
intended by Williams.
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THE ANGRY ONES. New York: Pocket Books, 1970. |
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THE
ANGRY ONES. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. (1996).
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