Slog - Comments on Sylvia Plath's Juvenilia http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/sylvia_plaths_juveni_1 In her senior year of college, Sylvia Plath wrote a poem drawing on her reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Cervantes, Henry James, some others. It was never published. The poem was just discovered by a graduate student doing research at Indiana University, and today it was published in the online journal Blackbird. Here's Blackbird's introduction to the poem. Here is a photo of a draft of the poem. Here is a photo of the final version of the poem. Since it's depressing to link to a not-very-good poem [and since Mudede will get on here and say that it only... Copyright 2008 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:49:25 -0800 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:44:15 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by charles mudede the reason why that poem was unpublished can be found in the poem itself. it's a total mess. where is it going? where did it come from? plath is all heat and burns. reading the poem is like putting your head into an oven.

]]> charles mudede http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/sylvia_plaths_juveni_1#c484920 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/sylvia_plaths_juveni_1#c484920 Arts Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:04:38 -0800 Comment by konstantconsumer oh charles, you're SUCH a contrarian!

]]> konstantconsumer http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/sylvia_plaths_juveni_1#c484931 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/sylvia_plaths_juveni_1#c484931 Arts Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:09:06 -0800 Comment by Needs to know Why is *suck it* considered an insult?

]]> Needs to know http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/sylvia_plaths_juveni_1#c485028 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/sylvia_plaths_juveni_1#c485028 Arts Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:13:22 -0800 Comment by David Wow, she sure liked alliteration back then.

]]> David http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/sylvia_plaths_juveni_1#c485039 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/sylvia_plaths_juveni_1#c485039 Arts Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:29:21 -0800 Comment by Gomez Plath is the original emo.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/sylvia_plaths_juveni_1#c485057 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/sylvia_plaths_juveni_1#c485057 Arts Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:46:16 -0800 Comment by When you run out of gas, turn on the gas Must be an obscure Oedepal/Electral ode to her Waffen Daddy.

]]> When you run out of gas, turn on the gas http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/sylvia_plaths_juveni_1#c485133 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/11/sylvia_plaths_juveni_1#c485133 Arts Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:44:15 -0800