Journal — Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton: Twisted, brilliant poems
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anne Sexton reconstructed foundational fairy tales to tell other stories altogether.
Anne Sexton: Suicide
In 1973, Sexton and her husband Kayo get divorced. Mental illness ebbs and flows. A mad housewife whose life - and loves - unravel from her fingers.
Anne Sexton: Confessional poetry
Anne Sexton is a confessional poet. She tells her truth in the fragmentation of the poet, in the fragmentation of modern American life in general after World War II.
Anne Sexton: New York Times obituary
October, 6, 1974, broadsheet newsprint issue of the New York Times. Ads for New York funeral chapels and funeral homes. Columns upon columns stacked with death notices. Three obituaries. Three headlines.
Anne Sexton: Beauty
‘My beauty has slipped and fallen.’ What happens when the beauty a woman trades off starts to fade? When the veneer ages?