Comments on: Lit Thursday: Sylvia Plath http://greenlagirl.com/2008/04/17/lit-thursday-sylvia-plath/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:14:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: meg http://greenlagirl.com/2008/04/17/lit-thursday-sylvia-plath/#comment-275414 meg Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:51:23 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2008/04/17/lit-thursday-sylvia-plath/#comment-275414 I steered clear of Plath for years, thinking that she was a big ball of confessional crazy -- fine for people who like that sort of thing but not me. Then I found *Ariel* while traveling overseas (ie, in read-what-you-can-get mode) and was bowled over. If she hadn't offed herself, I think she would be a towering presence on the literary scene, almost certainly overshadowing Ted. I steered clear of Plath for years, thinking that she was a big ball of confessional crazy — fine for people who like that sort of thing but not me.

Then I found *Ariel* while traveling overseas (ie, in read-what-you-can-get mode) and was bowled over.

If she hadn’t offed herself, I think she would be a towering presence on the literary scene, almost certainly overshadowing Ted.

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