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  • The Complete Poems

    by Anne Sexton ...
    The collected works of Anne Sexton showcase the astonishing career of one of the twentieth century's most influential poetsFor Anne Sexton, writing served as both a means of expressing the inner turmoil she experienced for most of her life and as a therapeutic force through which she exorcised her demons. Some of the richest poetic descriptions of depression, anxiety, and desperate hope can be ... Read more

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  • Transformations

    Poems

    by Anne Sexton ...
    Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Anne Sexton morphs classic fairy tales into dark critiques of the cultural myths underpinning modern societyAnne Sexton breathes new life into sixteen age-old Brothers Grimm fairy tales, reimagining them as poems infused with contemporary references, feminist ideals, and morbid humor. Grounded by nods to the ordinary—a witch's blood "began to boil up/like Coca-Cola" and ... Read more

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  • Live or Die

    Poems

    by Anne Sexton ...
    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize: A gripping poetry collection mapping the thorny journey from madness to hopeWith her emotionally raw and deeply resonant third collection, Live or Die, Anne Sexton confirmed her place among the most celebrated poets of the twentieth century. Sexton described the volume, which depicts a fictionalized version of her struggle with mental illness, as "a fever chart for a ... Read more

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  • Anne Sexton

    A Self-Portrait in Letters

    by Anne Sexton ...
    A revealing collection of letters from Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Anne SextonWhile confessional poet Anne Sexton included details of her life and battle with mental illness in her published work, her letters to family, friends, and fellow poets provide an even more intimate glimpse into her private world. Selected from thousands of letters and edited by Linda Gray Sexton, the poet's daughter, and ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    A Rare Recording of Anne Sexton Reading Her Poem "Wanting To Die"

    by Anne Sexton ...
    Narrated by Anne Sexton ...
    Series series A Rare Recording of…

    Unabridged

    3 min

    Anne Sexton, born Anne Gray Harvey, (November 9, 1928 - October 4, 1974) was an American poet known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967 for her book Live or Die. Her poetry details her long battle with bipolar disorder, suicidal tendencies, and intimate details from her private life, including relationships with her husband and children, whom ... Read more

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  • The Wizard's Tears

    by Maxine Kumin, Anne Sexton ...
    Illustrated by Keren Katz ...
    A lonely wizard moves to a new town in this charming children's story by renowned American poets Anne Sexton and Maxine Kumin, now in print again for the first time in decades.Everything is going wrong in the town of Drocknock until the new wizard arrives. He is very young, and he is lonely, and very nervous too; but he knows just where to find the right spells to stop the chicken pox epidemic and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Personal Data Collection Risks in a Post-Vaccine World

    by Annette Richardson ...
    Series series Anthem Ethics of Personal Data Collection
    In the early twenty-first century, the international relations literature still posits realism as a dominant paradigm in the Western School. This volume introduces alternative frames of reference that address the deficiencies of liberalism with its lack of sufficient attention to ethnic diversity. By drawing on constructivism with its focus on framing, particularly the influence in instrumentalist ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

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    The Golden Age of Great American Book Publishers, Their Editors, and Authors

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