Dotson Rader

Dotson Rader (b. July 25, 1942 in Evanston, Illinois)^[1] is an American author and playwright who has published four novels and three works of non-fiction as well as the stage play God Looked Away, about Tennessee Williams.^[2]

Biography

Initially a student at Columbia University with a side gig as a male hustler, Rader made his way into the elite echelons of the New York City literary scene. During the nineteen seventies he went on to be the live in love of the actress Ruth Ford.^[3] He is the author of several books, including I Ain't Marchin Anymore, about the on-campus protests and upheaval during the nineteen sixties, the title inspired by the earlier song by Phil Ochs of the same name, and Cry of the Heart, about his long friendship with the famed American playwright Tennessee Williams, which began in the 1950s.^[4][5][6] For many years Rader has penned features and conducted interviews for Parade magazine.^[7] Rader's first play, God Looked Away, about Tennessee Williams (which was said to be Broadway-bound but seems to have disappeared from the radar screen),^[8] had a six week trial run at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California in 2018 with Al Pacino in the titular role and Judith Light and Garrett Clayton in other featured turns.^[9][10]

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