The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 1: 1940-1956 is officially published today by Faber & Faber in the United Kingdom. It is the moment many of us have been waiting for for a very long time.
The 838 letters in Volume 1 begin on 19 February 1940 and end on 23 October 1956. The cut off date was intentional as that is the last letter Plath wrote before her 24th birthday. Thus Volume 2, you can deduce, begins with the first letter Plath wrote after turning 24. The book was edited by me (that's Peter K. Steinberg in case you forgot) and Karen V. Kukil.
A number of readers of this blog and followers on Twitter have sent me messages and the like that the book is on the way. I find this level of excitement and enthusiasm for The Letters of Sylvia Plath so wonderful. So, thank you all for being patient as we built the book. There is more to come.
Buy it from Faber, Amazon.co.uk, Book Depository. The HarperCollins edition will be published in the United States on 17 October 2017.
All links accessed 20 and 27 September 2017.
The 838 letters in Volume 1 begin on 19 February 1940 and end on 23 October 1956. The cut off date was intentional as that is the last letter Plath wrote before her 24th birthday. Thus Volume 2, you can deduce, begins with the first letter Plath wrote after turning 24. The book was edited by me (that's Peter K. Steinberg in case you forgot) and Karen V. Kukil.
A number of readers of this blog and followers on Twitter have sent me messages and the like that the book is on the way. I find this level of excitement and enthusiasm for The Letters of Sylvia Plath so wonderful. So, thank you all for being patient as we built the book. There is more to come.
Buy it from Faber, Amazon.co.uk, Book Depository. The HarperCollins edition will be published in the United States on 17 October 2017.
All links accessed 20 and 27 September 2017.
Thank you, thank you. Can't wait to get my copy!
ReplyDeleteSo exciting! Can't wait! Thank you both for all your work.
ReplyDeleteYYYYYAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY so waiting for its arrival!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Peter! Cheers, cheers, cheers! -- Jett
ReplyDeleteI'm a long time reader of your blog and anything of or about Plath, and I just have to tell how pumped I am for this book! Come on, October 17!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Peter. Am waiting impatiently over here to receive my copy!
ReplyDeleteThank you all so very much for your enthusiastic comments and reception of The Letters of Sylvia Plath. I really could not have participated to the extent I did in the project without your support and encouragement. Hope everyone gets their copy of the book without delay! ~pks
ReplyDeleteCongratulations ! Waiting to get the American one. Gesa.
ReplyDeleteReceived mine on Friday last, from the Book Depository. Love the sewn-in red silk bookmark and hope volume two has one also.
ReplyDeleteI got my copy on 27 October 2017 - exactly on Sylvia's 85th birthday! I'm so happy. Can't stop reading wherever I open this huge volume! Congratulations Peter & Karen - you did excellent job! I can't wait for the second volume.
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