In our age of distraction, the arts appear to be responding in kind, shrinking and streamlining themselves to capture what ...

The six Sylvia Plath poems in focus here are “Mushrooms,” “You’re,” “The Babysitters,” “The Applicant,” “Ariel,” and “Edge.” Sarah Ruden deftly distributes discussions of the poems into a succinct and ...

From groundbreaking novels to poignant poetry and influential essays, female authors have shaped the literary landscape for ...

Olivia Plath gets real about the negative affects her religious upbringing had on her sex life — and how it influenced her romance with Ethan Plath — on Welcome to Plathville.

Poet Elizabeth Winder sketches a portrait of Plath's life during her summer in New York City in 1953.

I arrived at a weekend book retreat with a grief-stricken heart, and left with a renewed sense of belonging thanks to fellow ...

After Welcome to Plathville star Micah Plath uploaded a new photo with his girlfriend, Veronica, some fans were convinced that the pair secretly tied the knot. “Side by side always 懶@veronica ...

In Emily Van Duyne’s Loving Sylvia Plath she asks if we can fully understand the poet’s work without understanding her abusive marriage to Ted Hughes.

Sylvia Plath’s Biography: A Reckoning Finally Begins Emily Van Dyne shows that Plath’s husband, Ted Hughes, sought to dominate the legacy of the dead poet by creating a malign mythology in his book, ...

The Plath family behind the hit TLC reality show “Welcome to Plathville" includes parents Kim and Barry Plath and their nine children.

Sylvia Plath Once Said, 'Opinions are Like Orgasms … Mine Matters Most'? The attribution of the quote to Plath began as a Tumblr joke.

Reading Sylvia Plath and my dead friend’s Instagram We were Plath Girls in our youth. Claiming her was a way to elevate our teenage sadness from cliché to literary ...