American writer and political activist (1902-1992) whose work contributed significantly to modernist literature. Boyle and her husband, Joseph Freiherr von Franckenstein, were victims of 1950s-era McCarthyism. ALS signed “Kay,” two pages, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, November 3, 1967. Handwritten letter to author Ira Morris, in part: “Since my second stretch in jail I have much more to write, and as soon as I get things straightened out (papers, correspondence) I shall do a piece, and, of course, send you a carbon. The total loss of identity and dignity is the goal of the prison system, and it is devastatingly successful. Only, I must add, two good things (at least) did happen there: in my off-time from really arduous labor, I read a life of Mozart and re-read St. Exupery’s Night Flight. These books, as well as some of my own, were in the prison library! I came out with the determination to make my next book as clear and beautiful as the music of Mozart, and as the prose of St. Exupery. A modest hope!” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, hand-addressed by Boyle. In October 1967, Boyle was arrested in a group of Vietnam War protestors (along with Joan Baez and her mother) for blocking the entrance to the Oakland Induction Center and served a ten-day sentence at the Santa Rita Correctional Institution.
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