Here is a radio broadcast of Frieda Hughes on NPR talking about the redone version of Ariel by Sylvia Plath. It's an hour-long interview, and a great one at that. The link is:

CLICK ME!. I know this isn't Anne Sexton-related, but I thought some of you in here might be interested. My review of the interview is in the Plath community, sylvia_plathJust wanted to ( Read more... )

sextonpoetry
We're a month old now, 70+ members, so to celebrate: an advert ;)

Everyone welcome - whether you already know a lot about her and her work or you are a relative newcomer and would like to know/read more about her and by her. Come on over and enjoy! Share your knowledge! Learn more about her!


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I was wondering if anyone here might be from Chicago and might want to take over my Chicago poetry community???

I'm not sure if this is ok or not - apologies if not - couldn't see anything on the userinfo, but please delete if not ok.

If anyone is interested, I've started another Anne Sexton community - sextonpoetry - basically for ANYTHING Sexton-related. I've been a member of herkind for a while, I will put a link to it on my community's userinfo page - I'm sure LJ is big ( Read more... )

Hi, my name is grace, i'm new and i thought the best way to introduce myself would be with a poem. I recently had to do a mimic poem as an assingment so i did it of anne sexton, my favorite poet. Here it is ( Read more... )

I found my book last night, after having lost it. my worn and tattered book....

cover creases, tons of dog ears and water damage, and little rips, and notes scribbled in the margins. sometimes i read those, cross them out, and write new ones....

i love her eyes staring at me from the front cover.

i miss the long phone calls to amsterdam with of_corrosion, ( Read more... )

and taaaa daaaa

the book i thought would never come....

(it was ebay karma)

yet "there it is, and there it stays"

anne sexton bio (by diane wood)


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cracked-outpoets

Hey a great new poetry community is getting started up. Feel free to join.

please check this out, another community for us to all discuss, the social issues of women & madness, to post pics, poetry, authors, writers, poets, etc
thought some of you anne sexton fans would be interested

mad_women

who decides one is mad?


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