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Sylvia Plath Letters Allege Abuse by Husband Ted Hughes

Sylvia Plath Letters Make Dark
Allegation About Ted Hughes

Apr 15, 2017 2:50 PM CDT

Sylvia Plath Letters Make Dark Allegation About Ted Hughes

Poet wrote that she miscarried two days after he beat her

(Newser) - It's long been known that American poet Sylvia Plath, who was married to the English poet Ted Hughes, suffered a miscarriage with their second child in 1961, a year before the poets separated. But now, unpublished letters Plath wrote to her former therapist and friend Dr. Ruth Barnhouse between...

Unearthed Hughes' Poem Tells of Sylvia Plath Suicide

Unearthed
Ted Hughes
Poem Tells of
Sylvia Plath
Suicide

Oct 7, 2010 7:00 AM CDT

Unearthed Ted Hughes Poem Tells of Sylvia Plath Suicide

'What happened that night?' asks tormented husband

(Newser) - A newly discovered poem by Sylvia Plath's husband reveals Ted Hughes' agonizing struggle to come to terms with his young wife's 1963 suicide. It's the first Hughes' poem known to directly address the circumstances surrounding the death of the famous American writer wracked by depression. "Then a voice like...

5 Sexiest
Writers
in History

Oct 10, 2009 1:35 PM CDT

5 Sexiest Writers in History

(Newser) - The Pulitzer is fine and all, but James Brady Ryan issues a different sort of a honor in Nerve. The five sexiest authors of all time:

Sylvia Plath: A tragic figure for sure, but still a beauty.
Jack Kerouac: So he’s a little bit of a cliché at this

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His Dad's Death, Not Plath's, Spurred Hughes Suicide

Mar 25, 2009 11:54 AM CDT

His Dad's Death, Not Plath's, Spurred Hughes Suicide

(Newser) - Nicholas Hughes’ depression and eventual suicide were caused by the loss of his father in 1998, the Times reports. The younger Hughes and his father shared a special bond, and when Ted Hughes died, renowned fish biologist Nicholas “lost the relationship that mattered most to him,” a friend...

Sylvia Plath's Son Commits Suicide

Mar 23, 2009 9:02 AM CDT

Sylvia Plath's Son Commits Suicide

46 years after she killed herself, Nicholas Hughes hangs himself

(Newser) - The son of writers Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes committed suicide last week, hanging himself at his home in Fairbanks, Alaska, following a battle with depression, reports the Times of London. Nicholas Hughes, 47, was a professor of fisheries and ocean sciences but had recently left his position to take...