Just one link to pass on this week... Carol Bere recently published " Getting Out of the Flames " - her review of the Letters of Ted Hughes - in Contemporary Poetry Review . Enjoy!

In addition to his forthcoming book Sylvia Plath's Fiction: A Critical Study , please keep an eye out for these two essays by Luke Ferretter: ‘"The Influence of Somebody Upon Something": To the Lighthouse in Sylvia Plath's Work'. Woolf Editing, Editing Woolf: Selected Papers from the Eighteenth International Conference on Virginia Woolf , ed. Eleanor McNees and Sara Veglahn. (Clemson, SC: Clemson University Press, 2009). ‘"What Girl Ever Flourished in Such Company?": Sylvia Plath's Religion'. Yearbook of English Studies: Religion and Literature , ed. Andrew Tate. (London: Modern Humanities Research Association, 2009).

Below is an updated list of titles expected to be published this year, as could be found through various sources. Books by Sylvia Plath: In the US: The Bell Jar . Harper Perennial P.S. (3 November 2009) In the UK: The Bell Jar . Faber & Faber 80th Anniversary Edition. (7 May 2009) Selected Poems . Faber & Faber 80th Anniversary Edition. (7 May 2009) Works about Sylvia Plath: The Plath Cabinet by Catherine Bowman. Four Way. (US: 1 April 2009/UK: 15 April 2009) Sylvia Plath by Connie Ann Kirk. Prometheus Books. (US: 21 April 2009/UK: 1 April 2009 Sylvia Plath's Fiction: A Critical Study by Luke Ferretter. University of Edinburgh Press. (US: 15 May 2009/UK: 15 July 2009) Plath Profiles . Volume 2. ( World Wide Web : ca. August 2009) Plath Profiles is still accepting submissions for Volume 2. If you have an essay, book review, or work inspired by Plath, consider Plath Profiles . Click here for submission guidelines and deadlines . Essays, book reviews, and...

The Location Register of English Literary Manuscripts and Letters at the University of Reading (U.K.) indicates that the University of Edinburgh owns typescripts and/or photocopies of the following poems by Sylvia Plath: "Daddy", "Morning Song", and "Lady Lazarus". These Plath materials are held in the Norman MacCaig papers (MS.3208.10-11). All three poems are typescripts, possibly carbons. They are typed, but it is unclear by whom. Both "Daddy" and "Lady Lazarus" merge two stanzas together, and someone in an unidentified hand wrote "space" in the margins. Here and there words are crossed out. These typecripts do not necessarily match typescripts of the those poems held at the Mortimer Rare Book Room at Smith College. The typescript of "Morning Song" is unmarked. Handwritten on each typescript is "Sylvia Plath" in the top right corner. The handwriting is the same as handwriting on "Daddy" an...

Today is the 46th anniversary of Sylvia Plath's death. While Plath was known in some poetry and literary circles at the time of her death, there were only a few obituaries printed in February 1963. Throughout 1963, however, as her poetry and prose appeared in print, small obituary notices appeared alongside the work. The following is a list of some of the obituaries and tributes to Plath in the months after her death. If you know of any not listed here, please let me know! Alvarez, A. "A Poet's Epitaph." The Observer . February 17, 1963: 23. Alvarez, A. "Sylvia Plath." The Review 9. October 1963: 20-26. "Contributors." Poetry 102. August 1963: 347. Hamilton, Ian. “Poetry.” London Magazine New Series 3. July 1963: 54-56. Hughes, Ted. "Note preceeding ten poems." Encounter 21. October 1963: 45. Note. The Listener . August 29, 1963: 312. "'A Poet's Epitaph' Honors the late Sylvia Plath Hughes." The Townsman...