About the Author
Anne Sexton by Ted Eytan, (CC BY-SA 2.0), via flickr
Born: November 9, 1928, Newton, MA
Died: October 4, 1974, Weston, MA
Literary Movement: Confessional poetry
Years Active: 1960-1974
Articles on Anne Sexton
- Adrienne Rich on Anne Sexton Adrienne Rich and Lynn Emanuel The American Poetry Review Vol. 41, No. 6 (NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2012), p. 7 Published by: American Poetry Review Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/23461559 Page Count: 1
- Anne Sexton and Confessional Poetry This article re-evaluates the work of the American poet Anne Sexton. It suggests that, far from being the apotheosis of confessionalism, as is typically asserted, Sexton's writing is engaged in a process of negotiation and contestation with the boundaries of the confessional mode.
- An Interview with Anne Sexton Interview with Anne Sexton Author(s): Patricia Marx and Anne Sexton Source: The Hudson Review, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Winter, 1965-1966), pp. 560-570 Published by: The Hudson Review, Inc Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3849705
- Two Perspectives on Anne Sexton NANCY YANES HOFFMAN and JEFFREY L. LANT Southwest Review Vol. 64, No. 3 (SUMMER 1979), pp. 209-219 Published by: Southern Methodist University Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43468286 Page Count: 11
Online Resources
- ProQuest Literature Online | Anne Sexton Biographical overview, complete bibliography, journal articles, audio & video recordings, and recommended Web sites
- Literature Resource Center Online | Anne Sexton Includes entries from Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, Authors Series, and Scribner Writers Series
- Literary Encyclopedia | Anne Sexton Biographical information, short pieces of writing on the author, links to other resources
- Poetry Foundation | Anne Sexton Biographical information and full poems available.
- Academy of American Poets | Anne Sexton Biographical information and bibliography.
Books on Anne Sexton at Colby
Anne Sexton by
The poet's life as a teacher.
Call Number: Colby Miller Ground Floor Bookstacks 1 (S1) PS3537.E915 Z84 2007ISBN: 0791470970Publication Date: 2007-04-05
Anne Sexton by
Striking photos of the alluring, defiant, and mesmerizing poet Anne Sexton-many published for the first time in this exclusive collection-taken during the last summer of her life, before her suicide on October 4, 1974According to those who knew her best, Anne Sexton was always preparing for her death, almost like an Egyptian queen constructing her pyramid. She wanted to create the most poignant version of her life story, which would best serve as her monument after she was gone. She left behind a study filled with her papers, writings, and photographs. On a photo assignment from Houghton Mifflin, Arthur Furst first met Anne Sexton in April 1974, just two months after she was revived (against her wishes) from a suicide attempt. Welcoming him into her life as a friend, Sexton entrusted Arthur Furst to capture her image over the last months of her life. Undoubtedly, she intended his photographs to become part of her legacy.Anne Sexton: The Last Summer beautifully juxtaposes Furst's exclusive photos with letters and unpublished drafts of Sexton's poems written during the last months of her life, as well as previously unpublished letters to her daughters, giving unprecedented insight into the life of this legendary poet.
Call Number: Colby Miller Ground Floor Bookstacks 1 (S1)PS3537.E915 Z67 2000ISBN: 0312265530Publication Date: 2000-11-25
Anne Sexton by
Anne Sexton began writing poetry at the age of twenty-nine to keep from killing herself. She held on to language for dear life and somehow -- in spite of alcoholism and the mental illness that ultimately led her to suicide -- managed to create a body of work that won a Pulitzer Prize and that still sings to thousands of readers. This exemplary biography, which was nominated for the National Book Award, provoked controversy for its revelations of infidelity and incest and its use of tapes from Sexton's psychiatric sessions. It reconciles the many Anne Sextons: the 1950s housewife; the abused child who became an abusive mother; the seductress; the suicide who carried "kill-me pills" in her handbag the way other women carry lipstick; and the poet who transmuted confession into lasting art.
Call Number: Colby Miller Ground Floor Bookstacks 1 (S1) PS3537.E915 Z775 1992ISBN: 0679741828Publication Date: 1992-10-27
Critical Essays on Anne Sexton by Call Number: Colby Miller Ground Floor Bookstacks 1 (S1) PS3537.E915 Z64 1989ISBN: 0816188912Publication Date: 1989-08-01
Important Works
The Complete Poems by
From the joy and anguish of her own experience, Sexton fashioned poems that told truths about the inner lives of men and women. This book comprises Sexton's ten volumes of verse, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner Live or Die, as well as seven poems form her last years.
Call Number: Colby Miller Ground Floor Bookstacks 1 (S1) PS3537.E915 A17 1999ISBN: 0395957761Publication Date: 1999-04-28
All My Pretty Ones by Call Number: Colby Miller Ground Floor Bookstacks 1 (S1) PS3537.E915 A76 1962Publication Date: 1962
The Death Notebook by Call Number: Colby Miller Ground Floor Bookstacks 1 (S1) PS3537.E915 D4Publication Date: 1974
Love Poems by Call Number: Colby Miller Ground Floor Bookstacks 1 (S1) PS3537.E915 L6Publication Date: 1969
