Anne Sexton

Breaking the Silence

(photo copyright Gwendolyn Stewart)

1928-1974

Here's a bio from UNC's own Linda Wagner-Martin.

You might also read a selection from Diane Wood Middlebrook's biography of Sexton.

And, of course, from the Academy of American Poets.

If you're interested in hearing Sexton reading some of her own work, check out this site. Also, Diane Wood Middlebrook has some clips of Sexton reading with her band, Her Kind.

Poems:

Her Kind

For Johnny Pole, On the Forgotten Beach

For John, Who Begs Me Not to Enquire Further

Housewife

The Black Art

Menstruation at Forty

The Breast

Group poems:

Some Foreign Letters (Group 1)

The Double Image (Group 2)

Those Times (Group 3)

That Day (Group 4)

In Celebration of my Uterus (Group 5)

Little Girl, My String Bean, My Lovely Woman (Group 6)

Cinderella (Group 7)