Blanche M. Boyd papers, 1957-1984.

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Blanche M. Boyd papers, 1957-1984.

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The collection consists of correspondence (1963-1984); notes, drafts, and proofs of her books NERVES, MOURNING THE DEATH OF MAGIC, and THE REDNECK WAY OF KNOWLEDGE; reports on the Greensboro shootings (November 1979); and the Democratic National Convention of 1980. Short stories, essays, reviews of Boyd's work, and photographs are also included. Many of the letters are long and substantive, including some retained copies of Boyd's own letters. Her report on the Greensboro shootings is based on a large number of newspaper and magazine clippings, also included in the collection, as well as interviews. Twenty cassette tapes on the Greensboro shootings; THE REDNECK WAY OF KNOWLEDGE; and Boyd's trip to China in 1983 also form part of the collection. An index to the tapes may be found at the beginning of the collection.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7533263

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Democratic National Convention (1980 : New York, N.Y.)

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Boyd, Blanche M., 1945-

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Blanche McCrary Boyd (b. 1945) is an American author raised in South Carolina. She has also lived and worked in California, Vermont, and New York. Along with publishing collections of essays (including The Redneck Way of Knowledge ), articles, short stories, and screenplays, Boyd has written 4 novels: Nerves, Mourning the Death of Magic, The Revolution of Little Girls, and Terminal Velocity . She has taught at Connecticut College since 1982. From the guide to the Blanche Boyd Papers,...