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Autumn is a season of transformation, a time when nature’s vibrant display slowly gives way to a more introspective, contemplative atmosphere. The crisp air, falling…
Sylvia Plath had a profound way of capturing the depths of exhaustion, both mental and physical. One famous line from The Bell Jar reads: “I…
Finding Personal Purpose in a World Without Inherent Meaning The idea that life has no inherent meaning is a heavy one. As someone deeply enthralled…
“I felt very still and empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel, moving dully along in the middle of the surrounding hullabaloo.”–Sylvia…
In the early entries within “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath,” the reader begins to decipher her conflicted feelings regarding men. She describes the absurdities…
I think upon the life of Sylvia Plath, a life shortened by her own hand, and it weighs heavily. I empathize so strongly with her,…
“The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath” were my summer guilty reading pleasure. One of the themes that we see develop in her life through her…
I recently finished “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath.” It was hard to explain my reasoning for the pleasure I got from reading her words.…
As a young writer I loved the act of writing poems. It was this feeling of bringing a vision to life through emotional language. I…