Ann Watkins, Inc. collection of correspondence with Kay Boyle, 1930-1980.

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Ann Watkins, Inc. collection of correspondence with Kay Boyle, 1930-1980.

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This collection consists of correspondence between Kay Boyle and her literary agent, Ann Watkins. The nature of the correspondence pertains to publishing and financial matters as well as the career of Boyle. Also in the collection is a short story by Kay Boyle and The Frill, By Pearl Buck, 1967 (Booklet) and manuscript contracts and material regarding the 1952 loyalty hearing.

4.00 boxes.

Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7318810

Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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Watkins, Ann, 1885-1967

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Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992

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Kay Boyle (1902-1992) was an American avant garde writer and poet. She lived in San Francisco, Newark, Delaware, and Rowayton, Connecticut, when she wrote these letters. From the description of Kay Boyle letters and poems, 1935-1975. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 33890909 Kay Boyle was an American essayist, novelist, short-story writer, translator, essayist, and translator. From the description of Kay Boyle collection of papers, 1...

Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973

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Pearl S. Buck was the daughter of American missionary parents, and spent the first seventeen years of her life in China. Her third novel, The Good Earth, won the Pulitzer Prize, and a Nobel Prize for literature followed, citing The Good Earth as well as her biographies of her parents. Critical reception for her works has been mixed since these early successes. A prolific and optimistic author, most of her fiction is set in China, and she displays great affection for the place and her characters....