Pain, Parties and Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953
Title: Pain, Parties and Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 Author: Elizabeth Winder Publisher: Harper Collins Pub Date: April 16, 2013 How acquired: Through the Publisher What it’s about: In May of 1953, a twenty year-old Plath arrived in New York City, the guest editor of Mademoiselle’s annual College Issue. She lived at the Barbizon Hotel, attended the ballet, went to a Yankee game, and danced at the West Side Tennis Club. She was supposed to be having the time of her life. But what would follow was, in Plath’s words, twenty-six days of pain, parties, and work that ultimately changed the course of her life. Thoughtful and illuminating, featuring line drawings and black-and-white photographs, Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 offers well-researched insights as it introduces us to Sylvia Plath—before she became one of the greatest and most influential poets of the twentieth century. My thoughts: Like most teenag