There are many possible lives we could live but the use of Plath’s fig analogy to explore this idea is not quite right.

The six Sylvia Plath poems in focus here are “Mushrooms,” “You’re,” “The Babysitters,” “The Applicant,” “Ariel,” and “Edge.” Sarah Ruden deftly distributes discussions of the poems into a succinct and ...

Sylvia Plath lived all of 30 years. But one of the most significant moments — for her life and, as it turned out, for literature — spanned a mere month, June 1953, when she was 20. But Winder ...

In her poem "The Mirror," Sylvia Plath portrays the complexity of the struggle of the imposter, the struggle to be oneself.

Peter K. Steinberg works to change the narrative around Sylvia Plath, highlighting her achievements and skill as a writer of prose.

The reason why there are so many books about Sylvia Plath (not just biographies) is that she is multitudinous. So often misidentified as a confessional poet, she actually lived and wrote in the ...

In Emily Van Duyne’s Loving Sylvia Plath she asks if we can fully understand the poet’s work without understanding her abusive marriage to Ted Hughes.

In Emily Van Duhn's 'Loving Sylvia Plath,' a new look at the poet's brief life and violent marriage.

Sylvia Plath Once Said, 'Opinions are Like Orgasms … Mine Matters Most'? The attribution of the quote to Plath began as a Tumblr joke.