Kay Boyle: A Twentieth-Century Life in Letters

Honorable Mention, Morton N. Cohen Award, Modern Language Association (MLA), 2017.

"As a teacher, Kay Boyle started the career of countless writers, but as a citizen with a will and a conscience, she saved countless lives, and showed all of us the path to follow. Sandra Spanier reminds us that Kay Boyle's words might be even more relevant in our current century. And, who better to learn from than a poet and storyteller rather than a 24-hour news channel pundit and spin doctor?"
--Shawn Wong, author of American Knees
"Kay Boyle: A Twentieth Century Life in Letters is an achievement to celebrate."--Resources for American Literary Study "More than a collection of letters by Kay Boyle, this volume functions as a cultural history. . . . Boyle's talent as a letter writer and Spanier's skill as an editor guarantee that this volume with be of enduring value. Highly recommended."--Choice

"Boyle's letters, often relayed in breathless and passionate prose, make clear that for her, as Spanier argues, there were 'no boundary lines between the public and the private, the person and the political, between art and life.'"--Times Literary Supplement