Why I Had to Write a Biography of Sylvia PlathNew October 2022! Author Heather Clark used new sources, such as letters and interviews, to write Sylvia Plath’s biography.
Login to ViewWhy I Wrote a Biography About Sylvia PlathNew November 2022! Author Heather Clark uses unpublished letters, manuscripts, court, police, and psychiatric records, as well as new interviews, to explore Sylvia Plath’s world.
Login to ViewRethinking Sylvia Plath as a “Confessional Poet”New October 2022! Author Heather Clark gives background on how Sylvia Plath crafted her poetry.
Login to ViewReassessing the Image of Sylvia PlathNew October 2022! Sylvia Plath did have depression and mental illness but also was a productive, strong woman, author Heather Clark emphasizes.
Login to ViewThe Challenges of Being a Woman Poet in the 1950s and 60sNew October 2022! Viewers may be startled to hear what Adlai Stephenson said at Plath’s college graduation, but it was the attitude in the 1950s.
Login to ViewThe Impact of Ted Hughes on Sylvia Plath’s WritingNew October 2022! Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes respected each other’s talent and drive and arranged their work and family life accordingly.
Login to ViewThe Most Formative Period in Plath’s Writing CareerNew October 2022! Author Heather Clark points to Sylvia Plath’s time in Cambridge and then Boston as seminal for her most formative time period.
Login to ViewThe Impact of Her Father’s Death on Sylvia PlathNew October 2022! Otto Plath’s death certainly affected his daughter, Sylvia, says author Heather Clark, but maybe not to the extent that people have assumed.
Login to ViewTalking with Authors: Heather Clark, Red CometNew May 2022! Digging deep into newly-released material, author Heather Clark paints a three dimensional portrait of an ambitious and brilliant poet unwilling to sacrifice marriage and motherhood for...
