May Swenson's recollection of meeting Sylvia Plath at Yaddo in 1959
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Title
May Swenson's recollection of meeting Sylvia Plath at Yaddo in 1959
Subject
Swenson, May, 1919-1989
Description
Meeting Sylvia Plath at Yaddo. Swenson mentions that she met Plath at Yaddo in the fall of 1959. She went to dinner at the home Plath shared with Ted Hughes. Plath was in bed ,ill and pregnant, so Swenson met her at her bedside. They had a quick introduction before Plath became tired. It was there in Yaddo that Swenson discovered that Plath had been assembling her first selection of written poems. Swenson says that she barely knew who Plath was at the time nor could she have known what wide impact her poetry would make.
Creator
Swenson, May
Source
May Swenson Papers (MSS111) - Box 144, Folder 4941
Date
1987: October 3
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Relation
Series II.2 Prose - May Swenson
Format
1 leaf. Recto only.
1 jpeg image. 600 ppi.
text
Language
English
Type
Narrative
Identifier
MSS111_II_2_I_Met_Sylvia_Plath.jpg
MSS111_swenson/Series_II_Manuscripts/Subseries_II-2_Prose/MSS111_II_2_I_Met_Sylvia_Plath.jpg
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Swenson, May, “May Swenson's recollection of meeting Sylvia Plath at Yaddo in 1959,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed April 26, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/9322.