I want my career, my children and a free supple life': Sylvia Plath's radical reinvention
Plath excelled at baking, making six-egg sponges and hand-painting labels for honey, while also taking language lessons and writing poetry for the BBC.
The Daffodil Days by Helen Bain review virtuoso portrait of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath's final year
The Daffodil Days reconstructs Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes's 1961-1962 Devon period through multiple perspectives of those around them, revealing intimate details of their deteriorating marriage and creative output.
Maggie Nelson Sputters And Stalls In 'The Slicks' | Defector
An effort to equate Taylor Swift and Sylvia Plath as mutual victims of patriarchal disparagement fails through circular argumentation and diminished critical insight.
Ambition is a punishing sphere for women': author Maggie Nelson on why Taylor Swift is the Sylvia Plath of her generation
Taylor Swift's songwriting, especially on The Tortured Poets Department, shares Plath-like introspection and emotional tumult, positioning her lyrics as contemporary poetry.