Quote of the day by The Bell Jar writer Sylvia Plath: 'The hardest thing, I think, is to live richly in the present, without letting it be tainted...' ; life lessons on staying rooted in our present from American poet

Quote of the day by The Bell Jar writer Sylvia Plath: 'The hardest thing, I think, is to live richly in the present, without letting it be tainted...' ; life lessons on staying rooted in our present from American poet

Sylvia Plath’s moving reason for drafting her poems on pink paper

Sylvia Plath’s moving reason for drafting her poems on pink paper

From Daljit Nagra to Sylvia Plath — a round-up of the best poetry books

From Daljit Nagra to Sylvia Plath — a round-up of the best poetry books

Poetry Month Highlight: Sylvia Plath

Poetry Month Highlight: Sylvia Plath

Poet Sylvia Plath Loved Indulging In This Classic Cocktail

Poet Sylvia Plath Loved Indulging In This Classic Cocktail

Plath’s Poetry—Minus the Pathology

Plath’s Poetry—Minus the Pathology

The Classical Sylvia Plath

The Classical Sylvia Plath

When This Brilliant Author Died, She Left Behind a Legacy of Grief, Haunting Poetry and Surprising Resilience

When This Brilliant Author Died, She Left Behind a Legacy of Grief, Haunting Poetry and Surprising Resilience

Depressed Female Poets: The Sylvia Plath Effect

Depressed Female Poets: The Sylvia Plath Effect

Breaking with the Poetry World's Orthodoxy

Breaking with the Poetry World's Orthodoxy

Poets in Vogue Exhibition Features Sylvia Plath's Skirt

Poets in Vogue Exhibition Features Sylvia Plath's Skirt

Sylvia Plath’s profound nature poetry elevates her writing beyond tragedy and despair

Sylvia Plath’s profound nature poetry elevates her writing beyond tragedy and despair

Poets’ dress code: what the clothes of Sylvia Plath, Audre Lorde and Stevie Smith tell us about their inner lives

Poets’ dress code: what the clothes of Sylvia Plath, Audre Lorde and Stevie Smith tell us about their inner lives

60 years since Sylvia Plath’s death: why modern poets can’t help but write ‘after Sylvia’

60 years since Sylvia Plath’s death: why modern poets can’t help but write ‘after Sylvia’

Lee Kravetz on Sylvia Plath, 1950s Psychiatry, and Confessional Poets

Lee Kravetz on Sylvia Plath, 1950s Psychiatry, and Confessional Poets

How Sylvia Plath’s secret miscarriage transforms our understanding of her poetry

How Sylvia Plath’s secret miscarriage transforms our understanding of her poetry

Sylvia Plath's Life & Death: The Tragic Story Behind Her Poetry

Sylvia Plath's Life & Death: The Tragic Story Behind Her Poetry

The inside story behind the parallel lives of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton

The inside story behind the parallel lives of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton

Biography of Sylvia Plath illuminates famous writer's brilliance

Book review: Biography of Sylvia Plath illuminates famous writer's brilliance

Sylvia Plath: Interesting Facts About 'The Bell Jar' Author

Sylvia Plath: Interesting Facts About 'The Bell Jar' Author