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IndoorDame
Complete Poems | Anne Sexton
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TheSpineView 🤍❄️🤍 4mo
dabbe 🩵💙🩵 4mo
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lil1inblue
The Complete Poems | Anne Sexton
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TheSpineView 💔😢💔 8mo
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Bibliobear
Complete Poems | Anne Sexton
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“A woman who writes feels too much,
those trances and portents!
As if cycles and children and islands
weren't enough; as if mourners and gossips
and vegetables were never enough.
She thinks she can warm the stars.
A writer is essentially a spy.
Dear love, I am that girl.“

Remembering Anne Sexton on her birthday.

Leftcoastzen Love her ! 13mo
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GidgetsTreasures75
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Pickpick

2-13-23: My 18th finished book of 2023! A look into the lives of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton, both female poets active in the 50s and 60s. Both suffered from mental illness and died by their own hand. This book travels through time to their upbringings, marriages and families, writing years and finally their deaths and shows the similarities and differences between these two talented writers. Very interesting and sad. I am a fan of both.

GidgetsTreasures75 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️📖#️⃣1️⃣8️⃣ 2y
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IndoorDame
Complete Poems | Anne Sexton
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TheSpineView Love ❤️❤️❤️ 2y
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merelybookish
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excerpt from "Admonitions to a Special Person" by Anne Sexton. Full poem at https://allpoetry.com/Admonitions-To-A-Special-Person
#scream #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

vivastory I read All the Pretty Ones last night. So dark. So wonderful. 🖤 2y
vivastory *All My Pretty Ones 2y
TheSpineView Excellent choice 2y
BiblioLitten Hi 👋🏼 Margot. I hope you and your family are safe. 💕 2y
merelybookish @BiblioLitten Hey! Sorry for the slow replay & thanks for checking in. 🤗 We are okay. Our area was not hit at all so we feel fortunate! The damage in parts of NS & NFLD is horrible. 2y
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merelybookish
The Complete Poems | Anne Sexton
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Leftcoastzen Love this poem! She‘s so good! 2y
TheSpineView ❤️😍 2y
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Litsi
Mehso-so

This book about poets Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton was not well written & I don‘t care much for poetry. But my entry into it the examination of the struggle to be a woman & a poet in 1960/50 America. They could not be selfish artists because they had to be proper and mothers and cooks and hostesses. But the wild, absorptive heart of a poet wants what it wants. These two were no doubt mentally ill, but they were also talented & angry. A sad read.

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Maria514626
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Bailedbailed

Hour 1: Can‘t do this book. #arc #reversereadathon
The organization — one aspect of their lives in each chapter — hollows out their stories. The impact of societal expectations of women in the 1950s and 60s, their marriage roles, mental illness (not addressed until the end of the book), etc. all impact each other. Stripping away all but one context at a time made their stories one-dimensional.
More below. 👇👇👇

Maria514626 More than that, the author doesn‘t leave it to the reader to make connections — for example, the third highlight above. Without it, her point would be so much more powerful. July #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks (edited) 2y
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Maria514626
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And it begins! #reversereadathon #deweys24hourreadathon

First — Decide if I‘m going to keep reading this #arc. It‘s bland and I don‘t care about Plath or Sexton. Which is bonkers since both of them have deep inner and outer lives.