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An expression of an extraordinary poet's life story in her own words, this book shows Anne Sexton as she really was in private, as she wrote about herself to family, friends, fellow poets, and students. Anne's daughter Linda Gray Sexton and her close confidant Lois Ames have judiciously chosen from among thousands of letters and provided commentary where necessary. Illustrated throughout with candid photographs and memorabilia, the letters—brilliant, lyrical, caustic, passionate, angry—are a consistently revealing index to Anne Sexton's quixotic and exuberant personality.
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Scott Heath
reviewed Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters on July 04, 2008
Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters
It's difficult to give this book a rating because I couldn't finish reading it!! I tried my utmost and even passed the halfway mark, but her words and her emotions stayed with me and drained me.
In some of the letters you really get to know her as a happy person. Her relationship with the monk, for example, can only be said to have been a good one. But all her letters have a desperation about them that you just want to meet her in person and tell her that all will be fine. Take her time in Europe. They had everything stolen from them, and like a teabag in hot water, she simply became stronger. It was when she realized how attractive other men can be that things went wrong and suicidal thoughts plagued her (because she felt so guilty for possibly cheating on Kayo). I think Kayo should've gone to Europe with her, it might have had a better outcome (also for their marriage).
Again, she might not have said it in so many words, but her letters really allow you to feel her desperation.
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