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BOYLE, KAY. Collection of 9 letters

BOYLE, KAY. Collection of 9 letters between Boyle and various correspondents concerning her efforts to establish a literary award in honor of friend and author Nelson Algren. 8vo, mostly folded. 26 July-11 November 1981

  • Notes: Includes a pair of Typed Letters Signed by Malcolm Cowley who, in addition to wishing that it was Boyle who was tapped to write Algren''s eulogy ("He was a more complicated character than most people gave him credit for being. He had great charm and a great instinctive probity. He hated prosperous people stuffed with kapok. I wish you were writing the tribute; you could do it much better than I."), discusses the demise of the expatriate publication Broom. Other correspondents are Toni Morrison, Grover Sales, Christine Newman, and Edward Hoagland. should be seen.
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