Anne Sexton`s poem cycle ”Transformations” is as serious as revenge. Deconstructing seemingly familiar fairy tales by the brothers Grimm, the late poet exposed the subtle and blatant ...

Anne Sexton (1928-1974) was an American poet who epitomized the style of confessional poetry which emerged in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Other exemplars of this style include her friend Sylva ...

The author (Photo: Eric Hinsdale) As a teen, Heppermann read everything from Margaret Atwood to Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, and plenty of "comfort reading," like Paula Danziger's ...

Anne Sexton's poetry is like blood on the page, the most intimate kind of writing about depression and death, motherhood and sex, religion and family. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1967 and had a ...

A poem by Anne Sexton, published in The Atlantic in 1972. By Anne Sexton. October 4, 2020. Share. Save. Photo illustration by Miki Lowe. Anne Sexton began writing poetry at the suggestion of her ...

In March of 1966, a camera crew visited Anne Sexton’s home. That year, the poet released her collection ‘Live or Die,’ which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1967.