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Articles published on Sylvia Plath in 2013

First of all, Happy New Year.

In 2013, I kept track of many of the articles published about Sylvia Plath on a special page of this blog. I never intended to see it last the whole year, but it did and proved to be one of the more popularly hit pages. However, the 50th anniversaries of so much (The Bell Jar & Plath's death) are now over. I did not want to just delete the data, so here it is in full in its own blog post! All links were accessed and valid on the date of the article published.


This page is temporary, but will compile online articles and links that appear surrounding the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, as well as articles about the 50th anniversary of her death.  Additional articles that appear on publications such as Carl Rollyson's biography American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath (St. Martin's Press), Andrew Wilson's Mad Girl's Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted (Simon & Schuster), and Elizabeth Winder's Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 (HarperCollins) will also be listed.

Last Updated: 31 December 2013.

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Barry, Orla. "Sylvia Plath had 'literally hundreds of lovers'." Newstalk.ie. February 20, 2013.

Kenny, Pat. "Interview with Andrew Wilson, author of Mad Girl's Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted." RTE Ireland. February 14, 2013.

Raphael, Lev. "Book sheds new light on a tragic poet's life." WKAR Public Media [Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI]. July 17, 2013.

Sylvia Plath 50-Year Retrospective by theplathdiaries. Ulster, Ireland: February 11, 2013.

"Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar: 50 Years Today." ABC Radio National (Australia). February 11, 2013. [Interview with Carl Rollyson and Peter K. Steinberg]

Taylor, Tess. "Reading Sylvia Plath 50 Years After Her Death Is A Different Experience.NPR.org February 12, 2013.

Articles:
Alexander, Paul. "The Feminine Force." The Boston Globe. February 9, 2013.

Alvarez, Al. "This week's big questions: What is Sylvia Plath’s legacy? Is there such a thing as a good divorce?" The Independent. February 15, 2013.

Bantick, Christopher. "In darkness there is light." The Age. March 18, 2013.

Becker, Jillian. "Sylvia Plath: Jillian Becker on the poet's last days." BBC.co.uk. February 10, 2013.

Behrent, Megan. "Trapped in the bell jar." SocialistWorker.org. March 25, 2013.

Beusman, Callie. "Andrew Wilson on Plath Behind the Glass." Interview. February 2013.

Biron, Bethany. "Unexpected Friendships: Remembering Sylvia Plath." Fiction Writers Review. February 11, 2013.

Bradshaw, Melissa. "A Great Many Plathitudes: The Doom Myth of Sylvia Plath." The Quietus. February 10, 2103.

Brennan, William. "The Last Poem Sylvia Plath Wrote." Slate.com. February 11, 2013.

Brooks, Richard. "Plath tried to cut her throat at 10." The Sunday Times. February 10, 2013.

Byrne, Michae. "Ripples in the Pool." Newcastle Herald Magazine. February 9-10, 2013: 16-17.

Chiasson, Dan. "Sylvia Plath's Joy." The New Yorker Blog. February 12, 2013.

Cohen, Roger. "Sylvia Plath's Neighborhood." The New York Times. July 25, 2013.

Davies, P. H. "A Life of Plath." phdavies.co.uk. December 24, 2012.

Davis, Christina. "THE REEL PLATH: On the Handwritten Track-Lists of Sylvia Plath’s 1958 and 1959 Sound-tape Reels." Houghton Library Blog. February 11, 2013.

Ferri, Jessica. "Touching Sylvia Plath's Hair." The Daily Beast. February 11, 2013.

Fetters, Ashley. "There Are Almost No Obituaries for Sylvia Plath." The Atlantic. February 11, 2013.

Freeman, Hadley. "Sylvia Plath: 50 years later and the same bitter arguments rage on." The Guardian. January 22, 2013.

Flood, Alison. "Sylvia Plath gets all-star tribute for Ariel anniversary." The Guardian. April 10, 2013.

Garavelli, Dani. "Sylvia Plath: Our Fascination is Undiminished." Scotland on Sunday. February 10, 2013.

Garman, Emma. "Out of the Ash, Sylvia Plath's Legend Rises Anew." Salon.com. January 27, 2013.

Gemmell, Nikki. "A woman scorned." The Weekend Australian Magazine. February 9-10, 2013: 8.

Gore, Christopher. "Sylvia Plath tried to slit her own throat when she was 10 after death of her father, claims new book." The Daily Mail. February 10, 2013.

Goring, Rosemary. "The myth of Sylvia." The Herald (Scotland). February 3, 2013.

Gray, John. "Talk Review: Plath – A 50 Year Retrospective." Literary Belfast. February 14, 2013.

Greene, Jo-Ann. "Lancaster Literary Guild exhibit marks 50th anniversary of Sylvia Plath's death." Lancaster Online. December 1, 2013.

Harris, Scott. "Plath: More than her death." The Boar. February 7, 2013.

Hawker, Phillipa. "Fifty years gone, yet Plath lives on." The Age. February 9, 2013.

Hinchliffe, Beth. "Sylvia Plath's Wellesley Years." The Wellesley Townsman. February 21, 2013.

Hughes, Kelsey. "Remembering Sylvia Plath." The Diamondback (University of Maryland). February 24, 2013.

Jensen, Morten Høi. "Lady Lazarus: Sylvia Plath's Contested Afterlife." Hyperallergic.com. February 2, 2013.

Jones, S.A. "Why we can't let go of Sylvia Plath." Daily Life (Australia). June 6, 2013.

Kellogg, Caroyln. "Remembering Sylvia Plath." Los Angeles Times. February 11, 2013.

Kenny, Pat. "Interview with Andrew Wilson, author of Mad Girl's Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted." RTE Ireland. February 14, 2013.

Komlos-Hrobsky, Emma. "The Life and Afterlife of Sylvia Plath." Bookforum.com. February 4, 2013.

"Letters from Sylvia." Poets.org. February 11, 2013.

"Letters: Lady Lazarus." New York Times Book Review. February 24, 2013: BR6. (published online February 21).

Levy, Laurie. "My Summer with Sylvia Plath." Chicago Tribune. June 28, 2013.

Longley, Edna. "A Reminder that Sylvia Plath Lived for Her Art." The Irish Times.. February 16, 2013. (Review of Sylvia Plath: Poems Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy)

Manguso, Sarah. "You'll Love Her! She's Crazy!" The New Yorker Blog. February 11, 2013.

McNamee, Gregory. "Anniversaries: Commemorating Sylvia Plath." Kirkus Reviews. February 24, 2013.

Mills, Nicolaus. "Women don't have to settle." Philadelphia Inquirer. February 11, 2013.

"New Release: Plath's 'Bell Jar' first Arabic translation in 50 years." Ahram Online. September 18, 2013.

Nuwer, Rachel. "Fifty Years After Sylvia Plath’s Death, Critics Are Just Starting to Understand Her Life." Smithsonian Magazine Blog. February 11, 2013.

Padel, Ruth. "Sylvia Plath: The idol, the victim - and the pioneer." The Independent. January 12, 2013.

Parker, James. "Why Sylvia Plath Still Haunts Us." The Atlantic. May 22, 2013.

Pickering, Rachel. "A Dark Water - remembering Sylvia Plath in Hebden Bridge." The Guardian. January 31, 2013.

Prior, Karen Swallow. "The 'Always' and 'Never' Life of Sylvia Plath." The Atlantic. February 8, 2013.

Reynolds, Gillian. "Capturing the tigress spirit of Sylvia Plath, radio review." The Telegraph. February 13, 2013.

RickyK. "50-Year Anniversary Of The Death Of Sylvia Plath." Free Press Houston. January 8, 2013.

Roiphe, Katie. "'Daddy' Is Mommy." Slate.com. February 11, 2013.

Rollyson, Carl. "The Last Days of Sylvia Plath." The Boston Globe Magazine. January 20, 2013: 28-31.

Rollyson, Carl. "What you don't know about Sylvia Plath." Huffington Post Blog. February 11, 2013.

Rudavsky, Shari. "Sylvia Plath's papers are still a draw at IU library." The Indianapolis Star. February 20, 2013.

Sachs, Andrea. "Sylvia Plath's Daughter on a Remarkable Trove of Her Mother's Drawings." Time. July 1, 2013.

Schillinger, Liesl. "Seeing Sylvia Plath with New Eyes." The New York Times. May 5, 2013: ST2.

Scutts, Joanna. "The Marilyn Monroe in Sylvia Plath: A Q&A with Plath's Latest Biographer." Biographile.com. February 11, 2013.

Scutts, Joanna. "Taking On Sylvia Plath: A Q&A with Plath’s Latest Biographer." Biographile.com. February 11, 2013.

Shilling, Jane. "Sylvia Plath's Secrets are Hidden in Plain Sight." The Telegraph. February 2, 2013.

Shivani, Anis. "Sylvia Plath 50 Years Later: What Modern Feminism Can Learn From Ariel." Huffington Post. February 14, 2013.

Smith-McDowell, Keiana. "Fifty Years After Her Death, Sylvia Plath's Poetry Lives On." NAMI.org. April 18, 2013.

Sonin, Adam. "Poet Sylvia Plath: 'She died there - but she had lived here in Primrose Hill'." Ham & High. February 2, 2013.

Srinivas, Sadhwi. "Prodding the Bell Jar." Spare Change News (Cambridge, Mass.). March 8-21, 2013: 14.

"Sylvia Plath: Reflections on her legacy." The Guardian. February 9, 2013: Review 2-4. (Commentary by Lena Dunham, Sharon Olds, Jennifer Egan, Jeanette Winterson, Jacqueline Rose, Lionel Shriver, Margaret Drabble, Sarah Churchwell, Lavinia Greenlaw, Ruth Fainlight, Lisa Appignanesi, and Kate Moses.)

Sylvia Plath 50-Year Retrospective by theplathdiaries

Taylor, Tess. "Reading Sylvia Plath 50 Years After Her Death Is A Different Experience." NPR.org February 12, 2013.

Teicher, Craig Morgan. "On The 50th Anniversary Of Sylvia Plath's Death, A Look At Her Beginning." NPR.org. February 11, 2013.

Temple, Emily. "The Most Interesting Writing About Sylvia Plath on the 50th Anniversary of Her Death." Flavorwire.com. February 11, 2013.

Wagner, Erica. "Culture Notes: Sylvia Plath in her own write." The Sunday Times. May 19, 2013.

"What Sylvia Plath Loved." Poets.org. February 11, 2013.

Wilson, Andrew. "Sylvia Plath in love: A mesmerising portrait of the tragic poet as a young, sexually uninhibited sun-loving party girl - told by the lovers she discarded for Ted Hughes." The Mail on Sunday. January 20, 2013: Review 1-3, 6.

Wilson, Andrew. "Sylvia Plath goes mad in Manhattan: How a magazine assignment amid New York's elite drove her to the edge of sanity." The Daily Mail. January 27, 2013: Review 4-5.

Wilson, Andrew. "Sylvia Plath in New York: 'pain, parties and work'." The Guardian. February 2, 2013: New Review 16.

Wilson, Andrew. "Searching for Sylvia." The Sunday Times. February 17, 2013.

Wilson, Andrew. "Sylvia Plath's London: 'When I came to my beloved Primrose Hill, with the golden leaves, I was full of such joy'." The Evening Standard. February 22, 2013.

Winch, Jessica. "Juliet Stevenson: Why Sylvia Plath is becoming more relevant for men." The Telegraph. May 24, 2013.

Wolf, Rose. "The fierce flame of Sylvia Plath." The Salem Gazette. February 7, 2013.

Wunderlich, Mark. "Laying Blame: The Legacy of Sylvia Plath." American Poet Vol. 45. Fall-Winter 2013: 37-40.

Reviews of Sylvia Plath: Drawings:

Baker, Kate. "The Revelatory Paper Trails of Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath." Daily Beast. November 22, 2013.

Fenton, Siobahn. "Review: Sylvia Plath: Drawings." Cherwell.org. October 29, 2013.

Gilbert, Matthew. "Crossing Over: Sylvia Plath's Drawings." The Boston Globe. December 31, 2013: G3-G4.

Jin, Gracie. "A Portrait of the Quintessential Millennial Poet, 24, In Love." Polymic.com. November 14, 2013.

Newton, Maud. "Draw me a river, Sylvia." New York Times Magazine. November 3, 2013: 13.

Popova, Maria. "Sylvia Plath’s Unseen Drawings, Edited by Her Daughter and Illuminated in Her Private Letters." Brainpickings.org. November 6, 2013.

Ruddick-Sunstein, Ellyn. "Sylvia Plath's Drawings Are Even More Devastatingly Beautiful Than You'd Expect." Bust Magazine. November 8, 2013.

"Sylvia Plath: Drawings." Acid Free Pulp. December 11, 2013.

Ulin, David L. "The art of Sylvia Plath." The Los Angeles Times. December 12, 2013.

Articles on the 50th Anniversary of The Bell Jar

Ahmed, Fatema. "Silly Covers for Lady Novelists." London Review of Books Blog. January 31, 2013.

Battersby, Matilda. "'F*** you to women everywhere' - Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar gets a 'chick lit' makeover"The Independent. February 1, 2013.

Behrens, S.J. "A Note on The Bell Jar." Names Volume 61, Number 4. December 2013: 239-243.

Black, Tim. "'The world itself is a bad dream'." Spiked. February 8, 2013.

Coffey, Edel. "Sweet out of the Jar: Sylvia's masterpiece still shines bright 50 years on." Irish Independent. December 22, 2012.

Duberman, Amanda. "Surviving The Bell Jar... And Then What?Huffington Post Blog. February 11, 2013.

Dugdale, John. "Feminine mystique: Why Bell Jar cover obscures real women.The Guardian Books Blog. February 9, 2013.

"50 Years On: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath." Writing.ie. January 2, 2013.

Galo, Sarah. "Why Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar is Still Relevant 50 Years Later, Especially For Millennials." Policymic.com. June 12, 2013.

Goshal, Somak. "Between the Lines: How Not to Read Sylvia Plath." Livemint.com. January 21, 2013.

Griffiths, Hannah. "The Bell Jar 50th Anniversary Edition." Faber.co.uk. February 7, 2013.

Grocott, Kirsty. "Sylvia Plath's Bell Jar still haunts me." The Telegraph. January 11, 2013.

Grocott, Kirsty. "The Bell Jar’s new cover is just perfect: no chick-lit in sight." The Telegraph. February 07, 2013.

Jennthelibrarian1016. "Book Review: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath." Cheshire (Conn.) Library Blog. April 10, 2013.

Jordison, Sam. "January's reading group: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath." The Guardian. January 1, 2013.

Jordison, Sam. "Reading group: Art and autobiography in The Bell Jar." The Guardian. January 9, 2013.

Jordison, Sam and Elizabeth Sigmund. "Interview: Elizabeth Sigmund, dedicatee of The Bell Jar – Reading group." The Guardian. January 18, 2013.

Jordison, Sam and Olwyn Hughes. "Interview: Olwyn Hughes, Sylvia Plath's literary executor." The Guardian. January 18, 2013.

Jordison, Sam. "Sylvia Plath 'didn't want her mother to know she wrote The Bell Jar'." The Guardian. January 19, 2013.

Jordison, Sam. "Reading group: Is it OK to find The Bell Jar funny?." The Guardian. January 31, 2013.

Jordison, Sam. "Don't judge The Bell Jar by its cover." The Guardian Blog. February 1, 2013.

Keating, Sara. "Why 'The Bell Jar' Echoes 50 Years On." The Irish Times Blog. March 29, 2013.

McDowell, Lesley. "IoS book review: The Bell Jar, By Sylvia Plath." The Independent. January 6, 2013.

McDowell, Lesley. "Sylvia Plath - life and art intertwined." lesleymcdowellwriter.blogspot.co.uk. January 23, 2013.

McLaren, Leah. "Plath's Bell Jar, 50 years on: a powerful look at mental illness." The Globe & Mail. February 8, 2013.

Raw, Laurence. "The Bell JarRadio Drama Reviews Online. February 17, 2013.

Schoenberg, Nora. "The book jacket 'Bell Jar'.Printers Row Journal. February 16, 2013.

"Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar: 50 Years Today." ABC Radio National (Australia). February 11, 2013. [Interview with Carl Rollyson and Peter K. Steinberg]

Taylor, Charlotte. "Chick lit or hit?Varsity (Cambridge). February 8, 2013.

Temple, Emily. "Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar: A Visual History." Flavorwire.com. January 14, 2013. (republished by The Atlantic (!) on January 16, 2013 and via Huffington Post on January 17, 2013)

Topping, Alexandra. "The Bell Jar's new cover derided for branding Sylvia Plath novel as chick lit." The Guardian. February 1, 2013: 5.

Usborne, Simon. "50th anniversary edition of The Bell Jar sparks anger for repackaging it as 'chick lit'." The Independent. February 1, 2013.

Reviews of Carl Rollyson's American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath

"American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath." Kirkus Reviews. November 1, 2012.

"American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath." Publishers Weekly. October 22, 2012.

Castle, Terry. "The Unbearable." The New York Review of Books. July 11, 2013.

Churchwell, Sarah. "Who is Sylvia Plath?Financial Times. April 5, 2013.

Davenport, Arlice. "New biographies examine the troubled psyche of Sylvia Plath on the 50th anniversary of her death." The Wichita Eagle. April 7, 2013.

Davies, P. H. "Carl Rollyson: American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath (2013) Review." March 14, 2013.

Johnson, Greg. "The Many Lives of Sylvia Plath." The Georgia Review. Summer 2013: 351-357.

Kirsch, Adam. "Lady Lazarus.The New York Times Book Review. February 10, 2013: 12.

Klein, Julia M. "'American Isis,' 'Mad Girl's Love Song' examine how it all fell apart." The Boston Globe. January 26, 2013.

Lindskog, Annika J. "Döden gjorde Sylvia Plath odödlig.Svenska Dagbladet. February 11, 2013.

Lavoie, Tom. "Review: American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath." Shelf Awareness. January 22, 2013.

Leach, Diane. "Lady Lazarus Rises Again in American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath." Popmatters.com. March 7, 2013.

Marshall, Megan. "American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath, by Carl Rollyson.The Washington Post. February 18, 2013. (printed February 19, 2013: C2).

Mattix, Micah. "The Lives of Lady Lazarus." The Wall Street Journal. January 25, 2013.

Nelson, Ashley. "American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath.San Francisco Chronicle.. February 15, 2013.

Plunkett, Felicity. "The Debate Continues to Rage Over Sylvia Plath, Lady Lazarus." The Australian. March 23, 2013.

Seaman, Donna. "Goddess Dreams." Booklist. January 1, 2013.

"Sylvia Plath: The Blood Jet of Poetry.The Economist. March 9, 2013: 84.

Vogel, Charity. "Sylvia Plath, as Marilyn Monroe.The Buffalo News. February 23, 2013.

Wallace, Glenn. "Crossing paths with Sylvia Plath." Golden Transcript. April 8, 2013.

Yang, Melissa. "Book Review: Sylvia Plath Biography 'American Isis'." Neontommy.com. March 23, 2013.

Reviews of Andrew Wilson's Mad Girl's Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted

Anderson, Jane. "Sylvia Plath: her life before Ted Hughes.Radio Times. February 12, 2013.

Barry, Orla. "Sylvia Plath had 'literally hundreds of lovers'.Newstalk.ie. February 20, 2013.

Burns, Elizabeth. "Review: Mad Girl's Love Song." School Library Journal. November 26, 2013.

Carey, John. "Mad Girl’s Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted by Andrew Wilson." The Sunday Times. February 10, 2013.

Castle, Terry. "The Unbearable.The New York Review of Books. July 11, 2013.

Chisholm, Anne. "Mad Girl's Love Song by Andrew Wilson: review.The Telegraph. February 12, 2013.

Churchwell, Sarah. "Who is Sylvia Plath?" Financial Times. April 5, 2013.

Davies, P.H. "Andrew Wilson - Mad Girl's Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted (2013) Review." phdavies.co.uk. April 21, 2013.

Feay, Suzy. "Curse that lasted half a century: New biography casts fresh light on Sylvia Plath's legacy." The Independent. January 6, 2013.

Goatson, Ingrid. "Unique Plath: A Double Biographical Review." Cafe Dingo. April  8, 2013.

FitzHerbert, Claudia. "Mad Girl’s Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted by Andrew Wilson: review.The Telegraph. February 12, 2013.

Johnson, Greg. "The Many Lives of Sylvia Plath." The Georgia Review. Summer 2013: 351-357.

Kerridge, Jake. "Book Review: Mad Girl's Love Song by Andrew Wilson.The Sunday Express. February 10, 2013.

Kirsch, Adam. "Lady Lazarus.The New York Times Book Review. February 10, 2013: 12.

Klein, Julia M. "'American Isis,' 'Mad Girl's Love Song' examine how it all fell apart." The Boston Globe. January 26, 2013.

Komlos_Hrobsky, Emma. "Mad Girl's Love Song." Bookforum.com. February 4, 2013.

Lindskog, Annika J. "Döden gjorde Sylvia Plath odödlig.Svenska Dagbladet. February 11, 2013.

"Mad Girl's Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted.Publishers Weekly. February 11, 2013.

McDowell, Lesley. "Book review: Mad Girl’s Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted by Andrew Wilson." The Scotsman. February 16, 2013.

Plunkett, Felicity. "The Debate Continues to Rage Over Sylvia Plath, Lady Lazarus.The Australian. March 23, 2013.

Pyke, Nicholas. "Sylvia Plath's teenage obsession with boys and sex: Biography of tragic poet reveals tangled love life before Ted Hughes.The Daily Mail. January 20, 2013: 26.

Raw, Laurence. "Mad Girl's Love Song.Radio Drama Reviews Online. February 17, 2013.

Stevenson, Talitha. "A Gorgeous Pathology." New Statesman. March 14, 2013.

"Sylvia Plath: The Blood Jet of Poetry.The Economist. March 9, 2013: 84.

Wagner, Erica. "Mad Girl's Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted Hughes by Andrew Wilson." The Times. February 9, 2013.

Wilson, Eric G. "Book review: 'Mad Girl’s Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted,’ by Andrew Wilson." The Minneapolis Star Tribune. January 26, 2013.

Wilson, Frances. "A poetic legend in the making." London Evening Standard. February 7. 2013.

Wood, Gaby. "Ways with Words 2013: Sylvia Plath Before Ted Hughes." The Telegraph. July 10, 2013.

Reviews of Elizabeth Winder's Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

Atkinson, Nathalie. "The real desperate housewives." National Post. April 30, 2013.

Barker, Olivia. "Revisit Young Sylvia Plath in 'Pain, Parties, Work'." USA Today. April 19, 2013.

Bartkowski, Betty. "Author Elizabeth Winder Discusses Sylvia Plath in Fashion at Phoenix Art Museum Friday." Phoenix New Times. October 10, 2013.

Bernard, April. "Sylvia Plath: Rage and Laughter." The New York Review of Books Blog. June 5, 2013.

Burns, Elizabeth. "Review: Pain, Parties, Work.School Library Journal. August 29, 2013.

Cutts, Jen. "Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath's New York Summer." Macleans.ca. June 24, 2013.

Davies, P.H. "Elizabeth Winder – Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 (2013) Review." phdavies.co.uk. May 1, 2013.

Dean, Michelle. "Fabrics and Trinkets: Elizabeth Winder's Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953." Los Angeles Review of Books. April 30, 2013.

Dierbeck, Lisa. "Before we knew her." O: The Oprah Magazine. June 2013: 107.

Eaton, Oline. "Elizabeth Winder: Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953." New Books in Biography. October 8, 2013.

Erwin, Sheila. "Sylvia Plath Revisited.Portland Book Review. March 24, 2013.

Gay, Roxanne. "Sylvia Plath's Summer of 1953." The Aesthete. October 31, 2013.

Gersen, Hannah. "When Sylvia was a Millie: An Interview with Elizabeth Winder." The Millions. April 16, 2013.

Grose, Jessica. "How Sylvia Plath Wrote The Bell Jar." fastcocreate.com. May 22, 2013.

Gurfein, Laura. "Book Corner: Sylvia Plath, Party Girl?" Harper's Bazaar. April 17, 2013.

Habein, Sara. "Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 by Elizabeth Winder." Persephone Magazine. June 20, 2013.

Johnson, Greg. "The Many Lives of Sylvia Plath." The Georgia Review. Summer 2013: 351-357.

Kuhn, David. "Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953." Publishers Weekly. March 4, 2013.

Lantz, Celeste. "Pain, Parties, Work delves deeper into Sylvia Plath's younger years." The Daily Athenaeum (Morgantown, W.Va.). July 9, 2013.

Legro, Michelle. "Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953." Brainpickings.org. June 12, 2013.

Maney, Alison. "Author Elizabeth Winder Writes of Sylvia Plath's Intern Summer." Women's Wear Daily. April 17, 2013.

ManOfLaBook.com. "Book Review: Pain, Parties, Work by Elizabeth Winder." Blogcritics.org. April 29, 2013.

Melissa. "Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953." The Feminist Texican Reads. March 31, 2013.

Osgood, Kelsey. "Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 by Elizabeth Winder." Bookslut.com. March 2013.

Parks, Cara. "Mad Girls." Slate.com. April 5, 2013.

Spice, Martin. "Plath's path." The Star (Malaysia). June 2, 2013.

Williams, Celeste. "New Releases: Young Sylvia..." The Star-Tribune. April 10, 2013.

Williams, Jennifer L. "New book examines New York summer for in-depth look at Sylvia Plath." Daily Press (Hampton Roads, Virginia). July 25, 2013.

Winder, Elizabeth. "Sylvia Plath's New York (PHOTOS)." Huffington Post. April 16, 2013.

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