Typed letters signed (10) : Ossining, N.Y., to T. Coraghessan Boyle, 1977-1978.

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Typed letters signed (10) : Ossining, N.Y., to T. Coraghessan Boyle, 1977-1978.

Brief letters to Boyle, who was then a student of Cheever's at the Iowa Writer's Workshop, offering encouragement, despite the apparent darkness of his own life.

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