C RSON MCCULLERS letters t SIDNEY ISENB~RG (c pied -.y P• •Y• 2) Fe8. 1974) Ia a ressed t Si ney Eisen8erc ID Me ical Coll -~e f Va H spital Divisi n Riehm nd, Vae t xta fre Cars n McCullers 131 s. Bdwy. Nyack, N.Y. (ad r sse •Y h r m th r) p stmarkea rv1arch 9, 1948 (n date insi el Dear Si ney Isen•erc, sweet ....... lett r,--c·minc at this time, it - was lik a handcla p in the ark. The sam p st •r ucht a lett r sicnea 10. T nness e is in Italy where he wants m. t j in him. D n Wyn m, •Y th way, was visite m ut here n Sun«ay. F r a 1 nc tim I hav r lt lik a areken ell that a hild has thr wn int a -1• et a rner. F r en thin I have • n ill f r many m nths. I .... ~ c llapse last autumn in Paris an ha t a fl wn h I am much • tter n w, and I h p t r c ver alt c th r. But it i s 1 n' an mis raale. I am a very •a invali 0 ly en uch, I first met Tennes ay letter. H wr te me wh n "The M m• r f th Wed in " cam ut an asked me t spen· the summ r with him at the h use he had rent in Nantucket I t k him up an we w rke at the same ta•l f r many happy weeks. His play turn into "Streetcar,. an h helpe me with a ramatizati n f .. Th Memaer''. We w ul w rk all m rninc, th n st p ff t tak a swic fr m the whisky a ttl w k pt n the taale a tw nus. Then swim in th aft rn n. It was a ~ summer. Tenn has ae n lik a 8r ther t me. I w nder if y u have read nThe M. m• r f th W inc;'•? If y u have n t, I will s n y u a c py. It is my fav rite k, aeGau e it c st s many pains t write. (5 yrs .ef w rk). That play is n w th e cau e f a c When I wa in Eur pe my acent :;ave it t a "cella• rn an , after much p r ua i n, (th se 3 w•r s cr s e ut) very f lishly , I sicn a c ntract. It is a wen ·er te m my n is n t icne t the C nstituti n, it s ems te • sic;ne t• everythin, else. I have c•t int . uch •izarr tr u•l si~ninc my name. Pa~ tw•a Cars n McCuller letters te Si ney • I n•erc. (centinuin lett r p tmarke March 9, 1948) The "c lla• rater .. is n w threat nine a lawsuit •e ause I can net use his awful werk. 3 lawy rs wr te me s I was s, terrifi I pull eev rev r my hea an h wle like a •ansh • I c ul- h ar the Bla k Maria an th ( rawinc f jail •ar ). The Theater Guil , wh want to r pre u e my pl~ ha call in th ir lawyer (he's SURP s to •e the •est in t wn) They tell m t~.A'e man ha a•s lut ly n• creun s fer suit, ana that ~h re is nethinc t werry a• ut. Plea e exeuse thi writinc is paralyz • I a my 1 ft han Thank yeu acain , ear Si n y Is n•erc, f•r yeur kin letter. I w u1 like t sen it te Tennes •· Se pleas write me aneth r te replace it. Write me a•outJ yeurself an yeur werk . Y urs , Car en