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Nov 05, 2023wyenotgo rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Any consideration of this book, whether to assess its merits, examine the arguments it presents, discuss its themes or gauge its intent must begin by placing it in context: the notoriously volatile seven year marriage of Hughes with Sylvia…
Jun 09, 2022lukasevansherman rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Written shortly before his death in 1998, this is deeply felt and very moving series of poems written for Sylvia Plath, his ex-wife who committed suicide in 1963.
Oct 07, 2010debwalker rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Hughes died in 1998, the same year Birthday Letters was published. The collection addressed his marriage to Plath, but did not specifically comment on her death. Plath, a poet and novelist best known for The Bell Jar, killed herself in…