Getting Over Sylvia Plath
Her husband, Ted Hughes, drew on his childhood to create powerful poetry.
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Her husband, Ted Hughes, drew on his childhood to create powerful poetry.
A centennial revival of too much of his work risks dooming America's poet of many voices to oblivion.