Sylvia Plath, a Postwar Poet Unafraid to Confront Her Own Despair - The New York Times
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As she grappled with the rejection of editors and her husband, Plath spent her last months writing the poems that would secure her literary reputation.
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Sylvia Plath, a Postwar Poet Unafraid to Confront Her Own Despair - The New York Times
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Sylvia Plath, a Postwar Poet Unafraid to Confront Her Own Despair - The New York Times
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