Description
Nominated for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, controversial for its revelations of infidelity and incest and for its use of tapes released by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's psychiatrist, this bestselling biography is a brilliant and compassionate portrait of a woman who thrived on making shock waves--in her work and in her life. 43 photographs.
Author: Diane Middlebrook
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 10/27/1992
Pages: 528
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.05h x 5.24w x 1.04d
ISBN13: 9780679741824
ISBN10: 0679741828
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
Author: Diane Middlebrook
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 10/27/1992
Pages: 528
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.05h x 5.24w x 1.04d
ISBN13: 9780679741824
ISBN10: 0679741828
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
About the Author
Diane Middlebrook was an American biographer, poet, and teacher. She taught feminist studies for many years at Stanford University. Middlebrook is best known for her acclaimed biographies of Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, and Billy Tipton. She passed away in 2007.