From Sylvia Plath’s kilt to Audre Lorde’s kaftan, Poets in Vogue considers the personal aesthetics of the most seminal women in 20th-century poetry
Mar 08, 2023
The poet’s tartan skirt is being sold by The Second Shelf, alongside rare Elsa Schiaparelli and Yayoi Kusama ephemera
Oct 28, 2021
The poet, author, and artist’s personal possessions – clothes, drawings, an old library card – hit auction in London
Mar 22, 2018
Patti Smith, Sylvia Plath, William S Burroughs, and James Baldwin on their experiences with fame, self-doubt, and drugs
Mar 19, 2018
Staying in this January with resolutions to write more? Here’s a guide to some insightful, inspiring docs that get inside the mind of Plath, Ballard, Burroughs and more
Jan 03, 2018
They show that Plath was completely infatuated with Hughes after their whirlwind marriage
Sep 25, 2017
Rarely seen items from the writer’s personal life help shine a light on the diversity of her literary output
Aug 14, 2017
A new book uncovers never-before-seen poems, manuscripts and letters from the prolific writer, painting a bright, emboldened picture of the talented and witty woman outside of her dark, sad iconography
Jul 01, 2017
For decades, the poems were sitting in the back of an old notebook owned by the late author
May 24, 2017
The documents reveal a darker side to her relationship with Ted Hughes
Apr 11, 2017
The film adaptation of the 1963 novel will reportedly star Dakota Fanning
Jul 21, 2016
The troubled poet might have coined the phrase decades before we all started using the insult
Aug 26, 2015