Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton
By: Gail Crowther
3.80
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
A vividly rendered and empathetic exploration of how two of the greatest poets of the 20th century—…
Want to Read $ 13.99"Perhaps the sadness here is that Plath and Sexton somehow could not quite gather the strength to truly believe in their self-worth, and in the end neither gave themselves time to."-Gail Crowther, Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton
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1. Ariel: The Restored Edition
By: Sylvia Plath , Frieda Hughes
3.31
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
Sylvia Plath's famous collection, as she intended it. When Sylvia Plath died, she not only left beh… read more
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- poetry
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2. Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts
By: Sylvia Plath
3.31
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
"What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination.... If I sit still and don't do anythin… read more
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- poetry
3. Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters
By: Anne Sexton , Lois Ames
4.08
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
An expression of an extraordinary poet's life story in her own words, this book shows Anne Sexton a… read more
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- poetry
- biography
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- nonfiction
- writing
4. The Complete Poems
By: Anne Sexton , Maxine Kumin
4.08
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
From the joy and anguish of her own experience, Sexton fashioned poems that told truths about the i… read more
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5. Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953
By: Elizabeth Winder
3.35
Format: 520 pages, Hardcover
Pain, Parties, Workby Elizabeth Winder is a compelling look at a young Sylvia Plath and the life-ch… read more
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- poetry
- history
- biography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
6. Sylvia Plath: A Biography
By: Linda Wagner-Martin
3.85
Format: None pages, Paperback
The first biography of Sylvia Plath to draw on unpublished journals and letters, Sylvia Plath provi… read more
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- nonfiction
- womens
7. The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
By: Janet Malcolm
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
From the moment it was first published in The New Yorker, this brilliant work of literary criticism… read more
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8. The Female Eunuch
By: Jennifer Baumgardner , Germaine Greer
4.25
Format: None pages, Paperback
The clarion call to change that galvanized a generation. When Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuchwas… read more
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9. Mad Girl's Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted
By: Andrew Wilson
3.96
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
A new biography of Sylvia Plath, a literary icon who continues to haunt, fascinate, and enthrall ev… read more
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10. On Women
By: Susan Sontag
3.61
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A pithy and brilliant introduction to Susan Sontag’s writing on women, gathering early essays on ag… read more
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- feminism
- womens
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- audiobook
"Dividing time into Past, Present, and Future suggests that reality is distributed equally among three parts, but in fact the past is the most real of all. The future is, inevitably, an accumulation o…"-Susan Sontag, On Women
11. Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
By: Heather Clark
4.58
Format: 1154 pages, ebook
The first biography of this great and tragic poet that takes advantage of a wealth of new material,… read more
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- poetry
- history
- biography
- feminism
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- writing
- audiobook
"I lust for him, and in my mind I am ripped to bits by the words he welds and wields...and glory in the temporary sun of his ruthless force."-Heather Clark, Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
"She was, [Wilfrid Riley] recalled, "a very clever person, but you couldn't be at ease with her some way. She wasn't with you. She was up in the clouds, always studying poetry, what have you . . . You…"-Heather Clark, Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
12. Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.
By: Lili Anolik
3.58
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Los Angeles in the 1960s and 70s was the pop culture capital of the world—a movie factory, a music … read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
- womens
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13. Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
By: Elizabeth Beller
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The life and legacy of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in thi… read more
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- history
- biography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
14. The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
By: Griffin Dunne
4.19
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin,… read more
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- history
- biography
- biography memoir
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- audiobook
"At the moment when Mrs. Griffin had been notified of her husband’s death, she was in bed with her lover at the Hotel del Coronado in California, and took the news that she was a widow rather well. Sh…"-Griffin Dunne, The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
15. Carson McCullers: A Life
By: Mary V. Dearborn
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The first major biography in more than twenty years of one of America’s greatest writers, based on … read more
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- history
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- womens
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16. The World According to Joan Didion
By: Evelyn McDonnell
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential w… read more
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- history
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- writing
17. Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton
By: Gail Crowther
3.80
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
A vividly rendered and empathetic exploration of how two of the greatest poets of the 20th century—… read more
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- poetry
- history
- biography
- feminism
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- writing
- womens
- books about books
- audiobook
"Perhaps the sadness here is that Plath and Sexton somehow could not quite gather the strength to truly believe in their self-worth, and in the end neither gave themselves time to."-Gail Crowther, Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton
18. The Last Confessions of Sylvia P.
By: Lee Kravetz
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
"Lee Kravetz has created a bit of a miracle, a plot-driven literary puzzle box whose mystery lives … read more
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- poetry
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19. Tierra fresca de su tumba
By: Giovanna Rivero
3.86
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Los extraños y maravillosos cuentos de Tierra Fresca de su Tumba nos arrojan a lugares desconocidos… read more
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"Nuestra casa era una prodigiosa zarza ardiente que lamía los troncos de los árboles y avanzaba como una legión por el huerto. Supe que el sonido de esa crepitación descomunal era el de todos los esqu…"-Giovanna Rivero, Tierra fresca de su tumba
20. Belly Up: Stories
By: Rita Bullwinkel
3.85
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Belly Up is a story collection that contains ghosts, mediums, a lover obsessed with the sound of ha… read more
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21. Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation
By: Emily Van Duyne
4.26
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A nuanced, intelligent, and passionate exploration of the life and work of one of the most misunder… read more
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- poetry
- history
- biography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- writing
- womens
"What follows is my best effort to shed as much light as possible on events that have not simply been forgotten or left in the dark, but relegated to the attic, or the ash can, or the metaphorical dar…"-Emily Van Duyne, Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation
