The Key to Everything,” by Margaret A. Brucia, is the first biography of May Swenson, a poet who fashioned her own unique ...

For Sylvia Plath, less was more -- at least, when it came to her favorite cocktail. Discover which iconic tipple was beloved ...

Since Sylvia Plath died in 1963, she's been turned into a crudely tragic symbol. As she inspires more biographies, will we ever get closer to the 'real' Plath, asks Lillian Crawford.

When Sylvia Plath was a teenager in Boston in the 1940s, she wrote herself a list of personal commandments. They included working hard at school and “learn German” – something Plath kept ...

Or After Sylvia, a new anthology of poetry by writers inspired by Plath. And then there are Plath’s drawings, recently published by Faber, which reveal a more playful creative side to her, and ...

Sylvia Plath in her twenties. Penrodas Collection / Alamy. This despairing Plath is a far cry from the poet I have come to know and admire – a poet who writes about the simple beauty of meadows ...