The Daffodil Days by Helen Bain review virtuoso portrait of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath's final year
The Daffodil Days reconstructs Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes's 1961-1962 Devon period through multiple perspectives of those around them, revealing intimate details of their deteriorating marriage and creative output.
Maggie Nelson Sputters And Stalls In 'The Slicks' | Defector
An effort to equate Taylor Swift and Sylvia Plath as mutual victims of patriarchal disparagement fails through circular argumentation and diminished critical insight.
Ambition is a punishing sphere for women': author Maggie Nelson on why Taylor Swift is the Sylvia Plath of her generation
Taylor Swift's songwriting, especially on The Tortured Poets Department, shares Plath-like introspection and emotional tumult, positioning her lyrics as contemporary poetry.