With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Blanche McCrary Boyd
Education/Curation, Drama, Fiction, Journalism/Non-Fiction
1945 –
Nationally known feminist and lesbian novelist, playwright, and teacher, whose Connecticut residence and work did not start until 1982.
- Biography/Description of Work
Blanche McCrary Boyd is an American author. Her most recent novel is Terminal Velocity, written in 1997. She is currently the Roman and Tatiana Weller Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence at Connecticut College. A native of South Carolina, Boyd has taught at Connecticut College since 1982. She is a member of P.E.N., the Authors Guild, the Writers Guild of America and of Phi Beta Kappa. She has written four novels: Nerves, Mourning the Death of Magic, The Revolution of Little Girls and Terminal Velocity, as well as a collection of essays titled The Redneck Way of Knowledge. She also has produced a large body of published articles, short fiction and screenplays.
- Sources view
- Connecticut College faculty profile. [ http://www.conncoll.edu/directories/faculty-profiles/blanche-boyd/ ] accessed 8/17/2015.
Silber, Emily. From Addiction to Fiction: A look into the life of Professor Blanche Boyd. April 10, 2012. New London: College Voice. [ http://thecollegevoice.org/2012/04/10/from-addiction-to-fiction-a-look-into-the-life-of-professor-blanche-boyd/ ]
Wikipedia. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_McCrary_Boyd ] - Associated Resource(s)