[{"node":{"title":"Boyd118","Collections":"Boyd Letters","Contributor":"Boyd Estate","Coverage":"19 Jan","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Wednesday, March 16, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Boyd118","Item Description":"Letter","Keywords":"Belfast, Ais-Eiri","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/boyd118","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Boyd118_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff\nLETTER FROM BELFAST\n\nDear Larry,\n\nThank you for your letter last\nweek asking me towrite an article for\nAis-Eiri. I've made two attempts already and\nfailed.xxxxx Will this letter do instead?\nIf it's unsuitable, tear it up. But the\nfact is that what I have to say about\nliving and writing in Belfast at present\nis far too personal, too disjointed, too\nfragmentary, to be readily shaped into an\narticle. xxx xxxx xxxxxAn article presupposes\nexpertise,xxx special insights,xxx research,\nand I can lay claim to none of these. There have\nbeen many millions of words uttered or written about the\n'troubles'; broadcasters, journalists,\nprofessors, politicians, economists, historians, sociologists,\nauthors and 'authorities' of all xxx sorts\nhave had, or are having, their say, and\nsuch is the xxxxx xxxlinguistic deluge thatI'm drenched\nxxxx xxx xxwith it all and can take no more\n","Type":"Text"}}]