This selection, which is drawn from Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anne
Sexton's ten published volumes of poems as well as from representative
early and last work, is an ideal introduction to a great American
master.
ANNE SEXTON (1928-1974) was an American poet known for her highly
personal, confessional verse. A celebrated poet of mid- twentieth
century America, Sexton's impressive body of work continues to be widely
read and debated by literary scholars and cultural critics alike. Her
poetry explored the many paradoxes within human behavior and motivation.