Anne Sexton

Oh, just looking over that post again--the Girlesque--and the idea of Anne Sexton or Plath for that matter, serving a poster girl for this kind of poetry really, REALLY pissses me off.

Are we buying the gurlesque? Lemon Hound 2009

At a time when confessional contemporaries such as Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton were the poetic flavor of the month, she swam against the tides of fashion and, contra Stevie Smith, wasn't drowning, just waving.

Poetry and Jazz, Strange Bedmates, Sated at Last Con Chapman 2011

Where the confessional poets such as Plath and Anne Sexton seemed to yearn for death as completion, Wetzsteon projected an urban toughness—she lived in New York City—that gave hope she would overcome to urge to kill herself, theoccupational hazard of female poets, like falls from great heights by window-washers.

The Life and Death and Art of Rachel Wetzsteon Con Chapman 2011

The obvious choices here are Sylvia Plath or Anne Sexton, two confessional poetesses who committed suicide.

Feminist Gift-Shopping is Man's Work Con Chapman 2011

Communities have readings at the graves of Poe, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Anne Sexton and other famous poets, but many others are in danger of being forgotten, he said.

Dead Poets Society Founder Wants To Create Dead Poets Remembrance Day 2010

I had watched her on the water for years; now she was in the midst of what Anne Sexton had called the "awful rowing toward God."

Randy Susan Meyers: What Do You Call Losing a Friend? Let's Take the Long Way Home 2010

Anne Sexton wanted to do it, but Sylvia got there first, making Anne just a little less remarkable, although she tried often enough, her death like a song put on repeat.

With Ariel in Their Hands 2010

I had watched her on the water for years; now she was in the midst of what Anne Sexton had called the "awful rowing toward God."

Randy Susan Meyers: What Do You Call Losing a Friend? Let's Take the Long Way Home 2010

  When Anne Sexton heard of Plath's suicide she is reported to have said "Good career move."

Put Down That Poem Before You Kill Yourself 2010

  Anne Sexton, born in Newton, locked herself in her garage in Weston with the car running.

Put Down That Poem Before You Kill Yourself 2010