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Blanche Mccrary Boyd
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Novelist and journalist, often called a Southern writer. My writing is funny, smart, and sometimes quite moving..
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TERMINAL VELOCITY, the 2nd book in Blacklock trilogy, offers a glimpse into the experiences of women during the sexual revolution of the '60s & '70s. Read or listen to an edited version of the first chapter @ blanche.substack.com

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Vintage photo from the '60s or 70's of Blanche McCrary Boyd with Rita Mae Brown and others
May 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Is the sexual independence of women so dangerous? These questions make me cross my legs tight, but I want to ask them...You can read my post on blanche.substack.com. I’d love to hear your theories.
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Visuals of posters for "The Vagina Monologues," and "Home of the Moan," and a note from Eve Ensler, that reads, "I cannot tell you what it meant to have you support me."
April 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Connecticut College was an excellent fit for me. Here is an article by Edward Weinman in Connecticut College Magazine about my former students and me.

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Photo of me, Blanche McCrary Boyd.
April 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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WHY I WRITE: How Literature Chose Me

My latest post and audio on blanche.substack.com

I’m grateful I have been lucky enough to spend most of my life trying to reach up into the ether of art. Sometimes I think I may have succeeded.
3 of Blanche's books
March 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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In the 1970s, I became a rock and roll critic by accident. Check it out on substack. You can also hear me (talking fast) in my recording of Hot Rod Lincoln!
tinyurl.com/rockcritic
March 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Released today on blanche.substack.com
This new piece feels risky, and I hope you like it.
I don't think it'll bore you.

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Apple with big kitchen knife stuck in it, words that say, THE DEAD GOD PROBLEM, and yes, that is a funny line....
January 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Tomorrow, THE DEAD GOD PROBLEM drops on Substack. This new piece feels risky, and I hope you like it. I don't think it'll bore you.

If you subscribe, you will receive it in your email. blanche.substack.com

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Image of big kitchen knife stabbed into apple. words say, Tha Dead God Problem. "What's it all about, Alfie," is such a great lyric, you don't even have to know the song to understand what it means.
January 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Tomorrow, THE DEAD GOD PROBLEM drops on Substack. This new piece feels risky, and I hope you like it. I don't think it'll bore you.

If you subscribe, you will receive it in your email. blanche.substack.com

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January 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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THE DEAD GOD PROBLEM will be released on Friday AM. This new piece feels risky, and I hope you like it. I don't think it'll bore you.

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January 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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THE DEAD GOD PROBLEM will be released on Friday AM. This new piece feels risky, and I hope you like it. I don't think it'll bore you.

#blancheboyd #blanchemccraryboyd #blanchesubstack #novelist #southernwriter #journalist
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tomato with a kitchen knife stuck in it.
January 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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.....He waved at the crowd like a homecoming queen.....

You can read my latest post on blanche.substack.com

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December 22, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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Blood landed on my lips the first night. The Tough Man Contests had come to Charleston, and these were only the preliminaries. My latest substack post.

tinyurl.com/rockyforaday

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Rocky for a Day
December 13, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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I’m proud to say that Sloane Crosley was my student when she was in college, and even then her brilliance was apparent. Every book she’s written is extraordinary. Here is a piece of hers that appeared in The New Yorker.

tinyurl.com/scrosley
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THE TAIL END, a Piece by Sloane Crosley On the loss of her pet...... read by Blanche McCrary Boyd. Find it at blanche dot substack dot com
December 8, 2024 at 7:50 PM
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....2 years later I got clean and sober but that's another story.....
My latest on blanche.substack.com

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December 2, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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In 1978 I telephoned my Aunt Thelma for the first time in 20 years. “You probably won’t remember me, Aunt Thelma,” I said. “This is Mack’s daughter, Blanche.”

Read or listen on blanche.substack.com

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photo if blanche from 1996
November 26, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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In 1978 I became a rock and roll critic by accident. My latest post on blanche.substack.com on David Bowie being a brilliant lyricist, other writers, the Village Voice, and how The Redneck Way of Knowledge came to be.
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Rock and roll photo
November 24, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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DOROTHY ALLISON, Again
........and Revolutionary Sex.....
The first glimmer of sexual excitement I ever felt came from reading books, so it’s not surprising I’ve spent my life writing them...
Photo of Dorothy Allison at Sagaris, 1974. The wording says, DOROTHY ALLISON, Again ........and Revolutionary Sex.....
November 18, 2024 at 5:45 PM