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Works
Her Kind, My Friend, My Friend, The Truth the Dead Know
A Certain Sense of Order: Confessionalism and Anne
Essay by R.J. McCaffery, which deals with issues of self-representation in Sexton's poetry.
Academy of American Poets: Anne Sexton
Provides a brief biography, bibliography, and links. Contains the text of "Snow White", "The Truth the Dead Know", "Wanting to Die", and "Her Kind" (which is also available in Real Audio, read by Sexton).
Anne Sexton
A very brief biographical note on Sexton, with a small selection of her poems.
Diane Wood Middlebrook's Anne Sexton: A Biogr
Website from Sexton's official biographer. Contains excerpt from biography, audio files of Sexton reading with her band Her Kind, and a collection of articles on the controversy the biography ignited.
Erica Jong on Sexton
Article originally published Oct. 27, 1974 in the New York Times. Jong reminisces about Sexton's life and career. Site requires free registration.
Modern American Poetry: Anne Sexton
Online companion site to Oxford Modern American Poetry anthology. Contains biography, chronology, and scholars' comments on her life and some of her poems.
The Anne Sexton Bibliography
Online bibliography of works by and about the poet Anne Sexton.