Today is the birthday of Sylvia Plath. I heard this on the radio way too early this morning.
It took me by surprise, because I've been reading the strange Young Adult book Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer. It's about trauma and bibliotherapy and the need to find community with other sufferers. And it's about a group of boarding school students reading The Bell Jar and Ariel. There's a Joy Division shirt on the cover of the book for the eagle eyed.
Listen to either Peter Laughner's original or Death of Samatha's cover of the song Sylvia Plath. It's a little sardonic, a little heartbreaking. You can also hear the poet herself reading her work and her voice isn't how you'd expect it to sound.
Posted by kathryn at October 27, 2014 05:09 PM