Sunday, March 1, 2009

Women's History Month: Anne Sexton


A leading feminist poet, Anne Sexton explored the same confessional veins as Sylvia Plath, but she seemingly mined them deeper, and often to greater effect. At the same time, her work seems less confessional, relying less on shock and more on craft. Her series of narrative poems based around nursery rhymes are a fantastic example of how poetry can make new something readers thought they knew all too well.

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