Research Catalog

Title

Cheryl Boyce-Taylor papers, 1982-2014 (bulk 1997-2014)

Author

Boyce-Taylor, Cheryl, 1950-

Supplementary Content

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Details

Description

0.8 linear feet (2 archival boxes)

Summary

The Cheryl Boyce Taylor papers, 1982-2014, partially document the artistic and personal life of poet, visual and teaching artist, Cheryl Boyce Taylor. The collection contains manuscripts, drafts, correspondence, interview transcripts, programs, flyers, clippings, and ephemera.

Subject

• Boyce-Taylor, Cheryl, 1950-
• African American women poets
• Women poets, Caribbean
• African American women authors
• African American theatrical producers and directors
• Lesbian authors
• Erotic literature writers
• African American lesbians
• African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Poetry
• African Americans > Race identity
• United States > Race relations

Genre/Form

• Fiction.
• Poetry.
• Interviews.
• Correspondence.
• Clippings.

Note

• Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.

Source (note)

• Cheryl Boyce-Taylor

Biography (note)

• Cheryl Boyce-Taylor was born in Arima, Trinidad, and migrated to St. Albans Queens at the age of thirteen. Boyce-Taylor attended a Seventh Day Adventist high school in the Bronx, and completed undergraduate studies at City College of New York. Boyce-Taylor later completed an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Southern Maine, Stonecast. She married Walt Taylor at the age of 19, and gave birth to her son, Malik Isaac, a year later. In the early 1970s, she formed the Boyce-Taylor Theatrical Company and began performing her poetry. She began taking her poetry more seriously after completing a course at Hunter College with Audre Lorde during this same time period. Boyce-Taylor has published several full-length poetry monographs including: "As A Woman I Laugh and Cry&Poems", "Birthsounds, Rhythms and other Contractions", "Convincing the Body", and "Raw Air". Her work has been featured in magazines and journals such as "Callaloo", in addition to her notable work with choreographer, Ron K. Brown's Evidence Dance Company.

Provenance (note)

• The collection was held and maintained by Cheryl Boyce-Taylor until its donation to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Call Number

Sc MG 919

OCLC

966316494

Author

Boyce-Taylor, Cheryl, 1950-

Title

Cheryl Boyce-Taylor papers, 1982-2014 (bulk 1997-2014)

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

volume

Biography

Cheryl Boyce-Taylor was born in Arima, Trinidad, and migrated to St. Albans Queens at the age of thirteen. Boyce-Taylor attended a Seventh Day Adventist high school in the Bronx, and completed undergraduate studies at City College of New York. Boyce-Taylor later completed an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Southern Maine, Stonecast. She married Walt Taylor at the age of 19, and gave birth to her son, Malik Isaac, a year later. In the early 1970s, she formed the Boyce-Taylor Theatrical Company and began performing her poetry. She began taking her poetry more seriously after completing a course at Hunter College with Audre Lorde during this same time period. Boyce-Taylor has published several full-length poetry monographs including: "As A Woman I Laugh and Cry&Poems", "Birthsounds, Rhythms and other Contractions", "Convincing the Body", and "Raw Air". Her work has been featured in magazines and journals such as "Callaloo", in addition to her notable work with choreographer, Ron K. Brown's Evidence Dance Company.

Provenance

The collection was held and maintained by Cheryl Boyce-Taylor until its donation to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

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Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

Sc MG 919