Sylvia Plath’s typewriter, clothing, wallet, and other items sold at auction
For the Los Angeles Times, Michael Schaub reports that “scores” of intimate items that once belonged to Sylvia Plath—including a first edition of The Bell Jar, signed by Plath; Plath’s… Read more »
Third time’s a charm for The Bell Jar film?
More than fifty years after its original publication, Sylvia Plath’s novel The Bell Jar is headed to the big screen (again). The first effort did not go well. The 1979… Read more »
Faber & Faber releases Sylvia Plath: Drawings
Along with a flurry of publications commemorating the fifty-year anniversary of Sylvia Plath’s death, Faber & Faber has released a collection of the poet’s drawings edited by her daughter, Frieda… Read more »
40 voices celebrate 50 years of Sylvia Plath’s Ariel
In the year that marks the 50th anniversary of Sylvia Plath’s death, the story that has stood out hasn’t been about Plath at all, but about the controversial cover redesign… Read more »
How to redesign a classic, or, The Bell Jar strikes back
Book designers are used to working quietly behind the scenes. If authors are the star athletes in publishing, designers are more like the training staff—there to make sure the stars… Read more »