Sylvia Plath

Mark and Seamus are joined by Joanna Biggs, an editor at the LRB, to look at Sylvia Plath's life and poetry. They consider the balance of biography and mythology in Plath’s work, situating her as a transatlantic, expressionist poet of the Cold War, and drawing on the LRB archive to talk about her funniness, ruthlessness, and uninhibited willingness to go anywhere to win the argument. Further reading on Plath in the LRB: Joanna Biggs https://lrb.me/biggsplathpod Jacqueline Rose https://lrb.me/roseplathpod Elaine Showalter https://lrb.me/showalterplathpod