Sylvia Plath Periodical Appearances for sale

The last few months have been interesting as I have been trying to get better organized with my Sylvia Plath files. I thought that I was really organized. At one time I was; but the move a few years back threw things funky. I recently found in my Letters of Sylvia Plath files some original periodical appearances and this post is to see if anyone wants to take them off me. Please note that two hard-to-find vinyl LP records are still available.

Please email me at peterksteinberg AT hotmail DOT com if you are interested in one of these. I will consider reasonable offers. If you want all, then let's discuss!

Shipping included within the US. Actual cost if overseas.

1. Accent, Autumn 1957: First publication of "Recantation" and "Tinker Jack and the Tidy Wives".

Price: $75

2: Granta, 26 January 1957: First UK publication of "The Wishing Box", and features the poem "Ceramics" by David Wevill.

Price $100

All magazines are in good to very good condition. Granta is a little dusty looking with some foxing. All funds will go towards cookies, scones, brownies, coffee, and maybe a beer.

The below titles have SOLD.

Chequer 10, Summer 1956: First UK publication of "Prologue to Spring".

~~Price $100~~

Chequer 11, Winter 1956-1957: First publication of "Epitaph for Fire and Flower", "On the Difficulty of Conjuring Up a Dryad", "Miss Drake Proceeds to Supper", and "November Graveyard".

~~Price $100~~

The passing of Sylvia Plath's family and friends

The recent news that Sylvia Plath's brother, Warren Joseph Plath, passed away was sad news to receive. I am grateful to JulieMcC for alerting me via Twitter. One of the things I am trying to keep track of is when family and friends of Plath's pass away so that we can update their life dates in footnotes to The Letters of Sylvia Plath . You would not be incorrect to believe that one should spend their time in better ways, but keeping up-to-date on this is, I feel, important. So after I learned of Warren Plath's passing, I went through both volumes of the Letters and searched for obituaries and death notices for anyone with an open-ended life span. Some of the people even passed away before 2017 when Volume 1 came out, but I either missed them or did not search deep enough or, in fact, the information may not have been as readily accessible as it is now. So here is a list of those who have passed away along with links to pages about their lives. May they all rest in pe

Sylvia Plath's Gravestone Vandalized

The following news story appeared online this morning: HEPTONSTALL, ENGLAND (APFS) - The small village of Heptonstall is once again in the news because of the grave site of American poet Sylvia Plath. The headstone controversy rose to a fever pitch in 1989 when Plath's grave was left unmarked for a long period of time after vandals repeatedly chiseled her married surname Hughes off the stone marker. Author Nick Hornby commented, "I like Plath, but the controversy reaching its fever pitch in the 80s had nothing to do with my book title choice." Today, however, it was discovered that the grave was defaced but in quite an unlikely fashion. This time, Plath's headstone has had slashed-off her maiden name "Plath," so the stone now reads "Sylvia Hughes." A statement posted on Twitter from @masculinistsfortedhughes (Masculinists for Ted Hughes) has claimed responsibility saying that, "We did this because as Ted Hughes' first wife, Sylvia de

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In 2017, Eva gave me a tomato soup cake that she made (frosting on the side and as I have no pride left I can admit that I ate what did not make it onto the cake directly out of the jar with a spoon. It was that good). Plath's tomato soup spice cake is fairly legendary. Plath herself mentions it just once in her letters (15 September 1961, from Court Green; Letters, Vol. II , p. 649, Amazon ) and no times, that I could find, in her journals. Plath did make several references to it in her 1962 Letts tablet. On 22, 25, and 26 February and 10 May. The cake has a life of its own on the internet, frequently being written about, but always using someone else's recipe. Until now. Lot 45 of Frieda Hughes' auction of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes items includes some recipe cards and a rolling pin. One of the recipes is "her" Tomato Soup Spice Cake. I say "her", in quotes, but really the recipe is not Sylvia Plath's at all. Sotheby's did not include the

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