During the summer of 1953, Plath descended into a deep depression. These feelings are honestly described in her college journal: “Loss of perspective humor.” She was treated with poorly administered ...

In 1953 when Plath was a patient at McLean Hospital, her therapist, Ruth Beuscher, helped her to obtain a diaphragm. Plath became sexually active when she return to college the following spring.

“The last couple months have really been a time of transition,” says Kim Plath, matriarch of the Plath family. After she and her ex-husband Barry Plath divorced last season following 24 years ...

Kim and Barry Plath's separation has been seen on season 4 of TLC's Welcome to Plathville Kelly Wynne has been a TV writer at PEOPLE digital since 2021. Her work has been seen in Newsweek ...

Far more interesting is her discussion of three failed biographical projects — by Elizabeth Hinchcliffe, Lois Ames and, most significantly, Harriet Rosenstein — in the aftermath of Plath’s ...

Olivia Plath has a message for trolls who are criticizing her decision to speak out about her childhood. “It’s so interesting to me that every time I talk about my childhood publicly and it ...

Her own favourite shade was Cherries in the Snow, Revlon’s enduring pinky red. This fact comes by way of Elizabeth Winder, author of “Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953,” who ...