Headlining Bonhams’s rare books and manuscripts auction, items from the estate of writer Sylvia Plath and her poet husband Ted Hughes outperformed a host of literary stars on the way to a sales total ...

Sylvia Plath long ago reached, even overshot, iconic status. From the moment of her death in 1963, her life and work have been transcribed onto many narratives, including but not limited to ambition, ...

Sylvia Plath may have died at the age of 30, but in her short life she produced an enormous body of writing. She wrote a radio play, a children’s book, dozens of short stories, and numerous incidental ...

If you love The Bell Jar and Ariel, you're going to really dig this news. A Sylvia Plath short story that's never been published before is finally coming out, and that's big news for fans of the ...

"Many of these items have never before been seen publicly," says Rebecca Romney, co-founder of Type Punch Matrix. "For decades most were in the private collection of a friend of Plath's mother, ...

Some classic books never stay on the shelf for long. From the novels of Jane Austen to the works of Sylvia Plath, beloved ...

Photo courtesy of mike krzeszak on Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons 2.0. I was born in 1963. It was the last year of the Baby Boomers. It was the year MLK gave his “I Have a Dream” speech and ...

Plath's recipe cards and rolling pin reflect her love of cooking—and her conflicted relationship with domestic life. Courtesy of Sotheby's Personal possessions of the late poet Sylvia Plath, including ...

An auction of possessions of the late poet Sylvia Plath brought in a seven-figure sum Wednesday, marking the first time many of the items, including Plath’s wedding band and intimate love letters, had ...

There were hints that I might be Sylvia Plath reincarnated as early as high school, but confirmation didn’t arrive until There were hints that I might be Sylvia Plath reincarnated as early as high ...