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Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist, children's author, and short story author. Sylvia Plath was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1932 and educated at Smith College and Newham College, Cambridge. There she met the poet Ted Hughs, whom she married in 1956. The couple settled permanently in England, and they had two children, a son and a daughter, before separating in 1962. She suffered from clinical depression for most of her adulthood, and lost her life to it in 1963.

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Spores of Doom: Dank Tales of the Fungal Weird

Spores of Doom: Dank Tales of the Fungal Weird

2025

with E.F. Benson, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and H.F. Heard

Badass Women Give the Best Advice: Everything You Need to Know About Love and Life

Badass Women Give the Best Advice: Everything You Need to Know About Love and Life

2018

with Mother Teresa, Tori Amos, Trina Robbins and Maya Angelou

Ein Haus mit vielen Zimmern: Autorinnen erzahlen vom Schreiben

Ein Haus mit vielen Zimmern: Autorinnen erzahlen vom Schreiben

2015

with Karen Nolle and Clarice Lispector

Ariel

Ariel

2004
Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas

Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas

2001

with Charles Moore, John Chrysostom, Kathleen Norris, Evelyn Underhill, Meister Eckhart, Romano Guardini, Madeleine L'Engle, Eberhard Arnold, Thomas Merton, Martin Luther, Brennan Manning, Gerard Manley Hopkins, John Donne, Henri J.M. Nouwen and Philip Britts

Journals of Sylvia Plath

Journals of Sylvia Plath

2000
Diarios completos

Diarios completos

2000
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

2000
Journaux de 1950 a 1962

Journaux de 1950 a 1962

1982
Diari

Diari

1982
Sylvia Plathin paivakirjat

Sylvia Plathin paivakirjat

1982
Selected Poems

Selected Poems

1981
Plath: Poems

Plath: Poems

1981
The Bed Book

The Bed Book

1976
Collected Poems

Collected Poems

1975
Letters Home

Letters Home

1975
Sylvia Plath Poems

Sylvia Plath Poems

1975
Crossing the Water

Crossing the Water

1971
Winter Trees

Winter Trees

1971
The Colossus and Other Poems

The Colossus and Other Poems

1960
The Bell Jar

The Bell Jar

1932
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams

Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams

1886

Collections2

To Heaven's Heights: An Anthology of Skiing in Literature

To Heaven's Heights: An Anthology of Skiing in Literature

2021

with Evan Hunter, John Updike, Graham Greene, Brad Thor and Oakley Hall

Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom: A Story

Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom: A Story

2019