Join your fellow local Badger alumni for a WAA: St. Louis Chapter free speaker event that will showcase Saint Louis–region alumnus Henry Schvey ’69, PhD. He will be discussing his most recent book, Blue Song: St. Louis in the Life and Work of Tennessee Williams, published by the University of Missouri Press in 2021. Plus, check out this special offer for a discounted price on the book!
The event will be held in the lower-level private room at CJ Mugg’s. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
About the Speaker
Henry I. Schvey graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1969 with a B.A. (Honors) degree in Comparative Literature; he earned his M.A. (1972) and Ph.D. (1977) degrees from Indiana University-Bloomington.
He has been a professor of drama and comparative literature at Washington University in St. Louis since 1987 and served as chair of the Performing Arts Department from 1987 to 2007. He is a stage director, playwright, memoirist, and scholar of modern American drama. Much of his recent academic work has focused on the work of Tennessee Williams, and recent publications include “After the Fox: The Influence of D. H. Lawrence upon Tennessee Williams” (Tennessee Williams Annual Review, 2018) and the essay, “‘The Place I Was Meant For’: Tennessee Williams in New Orleans” for New Orleans: A Literary History (Cambridge University Press, 2019).
His coming-of-age memoir, The Poison Tree, published in 2016, was the subject of a Gateway Badger Speaker Series event in 2017. His most recent book, and the subject of this evening’s event, is Blue Song: St. Louis in the Life and Work of Tennessee Williams, published by the University of Missouri Press in 2021.
Additional Information
The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association will hold this event in accordance with all local public health guidance. Mask usage is welcome but not required. Participants who are sick are asked to stay home to help keep our Badger community safe and healthy. If conditions require a change to this event, you will be notified via email or phone call.
