‘A literary event’: Sylvia Plath memorabilia can fetch as much as $1m. A new book reveals a treasure trove of material
Sylvia Plath’s writing was witty, political, emotional and sharp. A substantial new collection includes more than 50 ...
Psychology Today2d
Sylvia Plath: Images in the Mirror
In her poem "The Mirror," Sylvia Plath portrays the complexity of the struggle of the imposter, the struggle to be oneself.
Sylvia Plath’s Cambridge
Emily Cushion recounts stories from Plath's time at Cambridge, reflecting on the pragmatism of her university writing ...
London Review of Books19d
Psychology & Anthropology
The Great Transformation was an exceptionally bold effort to make sense of contemporary developments on an international scale by telling a quasi-historical story that linked the spinning jenny, ...
The Independent20d
Israel’s top general resigns over 7 October Hamas attack – as military launches major West Bank offensive
He said he would finalise the military inquiries into the 7 October attack and strengthen the Israeli military’s readiness for security challenges. open image in gallery The resignation will ...
Varsity20d
The importance of chance encounters
Twenty-three-year-old Sylvia Plath had an essay on Racine to write, poems to publish (she was anxiously awaiting ... Myth or not, the encounter between Franz Kafka and Max Brod on 23 October 1902 ...
Far Out Magazine25d
‘Double Exposure’: The mystery of Sylvia Plath’s missing novel
Sylvia Plath lived a tragically short life, but her legacy looms large. During her lifetime, she published just one poetry collection and one novel, yet her position in literary history far surpasses ...
The New York Times25d
The Desperate Housewife Whose Face Launched a Thousand Ships
By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...
The New York Times26d
Masters of Allusion: The Art of Poetic Reference
Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...