Anne Sexton reads "For My Lover Returning to his Wife"

[AAwildeone]

A fan and a sparring fan of Sexton as a 16 year old gay man, I find it difficult 20 years later to defend her reputation as a poet. To me, she is no longer and inspiration, no longer a go-to; she has nothing much to say in terms of speaking to a universal audience. Plath, ultimately, might fall into such a class, but even her failures or vainest attempts far outclass Sexton's supposed triumphs. In the end, Plath is a minor poet beleaguering a non-poet. Sexton is already in danger of relegation.

[melissais]

@ebourquetunes Anne Sexton was a child molester?????? :O

[ebourquetunes]

@melissais Yes, she sexually molester her daughter Linda on a regular basis. All of the above comes directly from Linda Gay Sexton's book about her mother. Anne also had her childrens father walk around the house nude from the waist down - while her 2 daughters were in puberty - so they could "Get used to seeing what a man looks like". A major leauge pervert.

[ebourquetunes]

@melissais Yes, all of the above comes directly from Linda Gray Sexton's book about her mother. Anne also had her childrens father walk around the house nude from the waist down (while her 2 daughters were in puberty) so they could "Get used to seeing what a man looks like". Such a narcisscist, when she heard of her friend Sylvia Plath's suicide she was furious and said, "That should have been MINE!". She was livid that Sylvia "stole her thunder" by killing herself before Anne did. Sick.

[melissais]

@ebourquetunes WOW!! that's bizarre! i didn't know this, how did you find this out? Is it in Dianne Middlebrookes book??

[ebourquetunes]

@melissais Sexton's reaction to Sylvia Plath's suicide comes from the Middlebrooke bio. The rest is from "Searching For Mercy Street - My Journey Back To My Mother, Anne Sexton" written by her daughter Linda Gray Sexton. She has been very damaged (understandable) by her mother's abuse. Like many victims of molestation from a family member, Linda still remains amazingly loyal to the abuser. Same sex (female) molestation is so taboo I applaud her for writing about it.