There are many possible lives we could live but the use of Plath’s fig analogy to explore this idea is not quite right.
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Sylvia Plath’s writing was witty, political, emotional and sharp. A substantial new collection includes more than 50 previously unpublished stories.
Jenny Grigg is the talented book designer behind The Luminaries and Gerald Murnane’s last book. We asked her to explain how covers communicate – and how they can fall short.
Jessica Zhan Mei Yu’s witty, ‘effervescent’ debut novel follows a Sylvia-Plath-loving young Malaysian-Australian writer’s journey to ‘the heart of empire’ in the UK.
Why was Susanna Kaysen really hospitalised? Her memoir Girl, Interrupted turns 30 this year. It investigates whether she was ‘mad’, or medicalised for a ‘chaotic’ life that defied gender norms.
Sylvia Plath left behind a complicated legacy. Contemporary writers influenced by her work must juggle inspiration with some problematic imagery – as a poetry expert explains.
Beyond the ‘literature of madness,’ the narratives about mental and physical health published today explore the interdependence of bodies and their environments.
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, UNSW
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Professor in Creative Writing (Poetry), University of East Anglia
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Sessional Lecturer in the Department of English, University of Victoria
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Professor of History, School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer, Design and Social Context, RMIT University
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Research Fellow, School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, Australian National University
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English, University of Sheffield