*General*
- 1Lit.com - June '01: "Ted Hughes: A Talented Murderer"
- American Spectator - Jan. '92: "The other Plath"
- Associated Press - April 23, '89: "Headstone Returned To Plath Grave"
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - May 21, '89: "...Controversy From Grave Tombstone Vandalism Renews 30-Year Battle Of Husband, Feminists"
- The Atlantic Monthly - July-Aug. '01: "The Mad Poets Society" (about McLean Hospital)
- Booklist - March 15, '99: "The Dead and the Rude: A Late Obit for Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes"
- The Boston Globe - April 9, '00: "British Crew Films Plath's Hometown"
- The Boston Globe - March 29, '00: "Is The Legend Of Evil Ted Hughes About To Die?"
- The Boston Herald - Feb. 1, '98: "Long-silent poet looks heroic amid scandal-peddlers"
- Boston Poet - 2000: "Hurts So Good"
- ChickLit - July 31, '01: "Mad Girl's Love Song: Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes"
- The Christian Science Monitor - Oct. 26, '00: "Before her 'fond, final, infamous decay'"
- El Nuevo Herald (Miami/Latin America) - Sept. 3, '00: "Sylvia Plath: al fin" (in Spanish)
- The Guardian - Oct. 3, '01: "The family business" (by Frieda Hughes)
- The Guardian - Aug. 18, '01: "Ted on Sylvia, for the record"
- The Guardian - March 19, '00: "The poet who died so well"
- The Guardian - March 19, '00: "I failed her. I was 30 and stupid" by A. Alvarez
- The Guardian - March 18, '00: "Who is Sylvia?"
- The Guardian - Sept. 15, '99: "How black magic killed Sylvia Plath" by A. Alvarez
- The Guardian - April 23, '99: "I realised Sylvia knew about Assia's pregnancy - it might have offered a further explanation of her suicide"
- The Guardian - April 17, '99: "Assia's guilt over Sylvia Plath's suicide is just a myth"
- The Guardian - April 10, '99: "Haunted by the ghosts of love"
- The Guardian - Feb. 16, '93: "Rhyme, reason and depression"
- The Los Angeles Times - Aug. 27, '01: "Scanning Literary Verse for Literal Clues to Suicides"
- The Los Angeles Times - Feb. 8, '93: "Plath's Grave Now Quiet After Years of Desecration"
- The New Criterion - June 16, '98: "Confessional poetry & the artifice of honesty"
- The New York Times - June 20, '71: "The Last Word: Beside the Bell Jar"
- The New York Times - April 13, '82: "Sessions, Sylvia Plath and Updike Are Among Pulitzer Prize Winners"
- Poetry Society of America - Nov. 10, '97: "Tribute: Sylvia Plath"
- Salon - May 30, '00: "The real Sylvia Plath"
- Telegraph - May 8, '01: "Ted Hughes blamed drug for Plath's suicide"
- The Times (London)- Aug. 6, '01: "Hughes blamed pills for Plath's suicide"
*re: Books on Plath (biographies, novels and such)*
- ANQ - Spring '01: "Sylvia Plath & the Theatre of Mourning (book review)"
- Arizona Republic - Nov. 22, '87: "Author Gives Balanced Account Of Poet Plath"
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - July 15, '01: "A Mythic Mimicking of Plath-Hughes Story"
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - April 3, '94: "The Dangerous Art of Writing Biographies: 'Woman' Scrutinizes Sylvia Plath Chronicler"
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Nov. 3, '91: "Bios Shine A Light Into Sylvia Plath's Dark Corners"
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Sept. 17, '89: "Unanswered Questions Dim The Glow Of Sylvia Plath Biography"
- The Boston Globe - Aug. 6, '89: "The Darkening World of Sylvia Plath"
- The Buffalo News - April 29, '01: "Genuine Drama, Badly Done - Sylvia and Ted: A Novel, By Emma Tennant"
- The Buffalo News - May 1, '94: "The Biographer As Burglar: Janet Malcolm On The Sylvia Plath Legend"
- Chicago Review - 1995: "Book reviews - The Silent Woman by Janet Malcolm"
- The Christian Science Monitor - Oct. 17, '89: "Poet Balances Plath's Life And Art Books"
- Chronicle of Higher Education - Nov. 30, '01: "Hot Type"
- Commercial Appeal - Sept. 9, '01: "A Marriage of Geniuses"
- Commercial Appeal - May 15, '94: "'Silent Woman' Criticizes Sylvia Plath Biographers..."
- The Economist - Aug. 10, '91: "Death, winking: The Death and Life of Sylvia Plath (book review)"
- The Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Aug. 29, '01: "'Sylvia and Ted', by Emma Tennant (book review)"
- Library Journal - March 15, '01: "Ariel's Gift (Book Review)"
- The Los Angeles Times - April 29, '01: "Ariel's Gift: Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and the Story of 'Birthday Letters' By Erica Wagner"
- The Los Angeles Times - May 15, '94: "Rifling the Drawers of the Dead - The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes, By Janet Malcolm"
- Magill Book Reviews - 1991: "The Death And Life Of Sylvia Plath"
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - May 20, '01: "Imagining Troubled Lives Of Plath, Hughes"
- Osprey Design - Jan. 17, '03: "Foreword interviews Kate Moses about her first novel (Wintering)"
- Pennine Pens: "Sylvia Plath: Killing the Angel in the House"
- Publishers Weekly - March 19, '01: "Ariel's Gift (Book Review)"
- Richmond News Leader - Sept. 24, '89: "Death Brought Poet Fame, Sylvia Plath's Life Filled With Bitterness"
- The Star Tribune - April 10, '94: "Janet Malcolm's Is A Fresh Slant On Art Of Biography"
- The Times (London)- April 21, '01: "Non-Fiction Reviews: Ariel's Gift"
- USA Today - June 14, '01: "A new myth of Plath, Hughes"
- USA Today - Aug. 3, '89: "Sylvia Plath, Desperate and Domestic"
- The Virginian-Pilot - May 22, '94: "Plath's "Bell Jar" Firmly Sealed"
- The Virginian-Pilot - Nov. 17, '91: "2 Biographical Additions To The Plath Phenomenon"
*re: Plath film news*
*Ted Hughes & Frieda Hughes*
- Associated Press - April 4, '99: "Ted Hughes' Papers Shed New Light On Sylvia Plath, Himself"
- Atlanta - April '00: "Magnificent Obsession"
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - March 19, '99: "...Emory Archives Are Painting A Fuller Picture Of Late British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes..."
- The Baltimore Sun - Oct. 30, '98: "Britain loses its poet to cancer"
- BBC News - Oct. 27, '02: "Family feud over Hughes estate"
- The Calgary Herald - Oct. 20, '98: "Poet saw ghostly visions of dead wife"
- Commercial Appeal - Oct. 31, '98: "Now They're Dead, So Maybe The Poetry Can Live"
- The Denver Post - Nov. 8, '98: "Coherent world lurks in Frieda Hughes' writing"
- The Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Nov. 18, '98: "Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath: Forever linked in life, death"
- The Houston Chronicle - Dec. 6, '98: "Frieda Hughes' verse lacks parents' genius"
- The Independent (UK) - Oct. 28, '02: "Daughter of Ted Hughes in legal row with his widow over royalties"
- The Montreal Gazette - Feb. 1, '99: "Plath's daughter slams feminists in her new book of poetry"
- The Ottawa Citizen - April 10, '00: "'I made Plath:' ex-husband says: 'I wasn't the bad guy,..."
*re: The Bell Jar*
- About.com: "The Bell Jar: A Classic Story of Depression"
- Adv. Placement American Lit Summer Reading: The Bell Jar explication
- Anonymous: Critique of The Bell Jar
- BookRags Notes: The Bell Jar
- The Boston Globe - Feb. 3, '87: "Freed From 'Bell Jar': Psychiatrist Says Settlement Brings The Truth To Light"
- The Boston Globe - Jan. 24, '87: "Plath Case Kindles Debate In England Over Impact On Two Literary Reputations"
- Central Queensland University's North American Fiction and Film class: Exploration of The Bell Jar
- Classic Notes: The Bell Jar
- Catherine Foo: "The Bell Jar"
- New Zealand Ministry of Education: The Bell Jar Unit Plan
- Emma Nicholls: "The Bell Jar review"
- Sarah of Ontario, Canada: "The Bell Jar"
- Elin Gyda Sjølie: "In what way(s) can Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar be seen as an early feminist text?"
- SparkNotes: The Bell Jar
- USA Today - Dec. 2, '99: "'The Bell Jar' still rings with power"
*re: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath*
- Agence France Presse English Wire - April 4, '00: "Sylvia Plath's poetry and pain: the full story"
- Associated Press - March 21, '00: "Sylvia Plath's Journals Detailed"
- Associated Press - March 20, '00: "Sylvia Plath Journals To Be Printed"
- Associated Press - March 18, '00: "Journals of Sylvia Plath Published"
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Oct. 29, '00: "Plath Hath Spoken: Writer's Voice Restored in 'Unabridged Journals'"
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Oct. 14, '99: "Poet Plath's Journals Finally See the Light"
- Biography - Nov. '00: "The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (Book Review)"
- The Boston Globe - Nov. 5, '00: "In Plath's Full Journals, A Lusty Embrace Of Life"
- The Boston Herald - Nov. 19, '00: "Pain illuminates journals - Plath's prose is revealed"
- The Buffalo News - Nov. 12, '00: "From Plath's Unabridged Journals, Readers Get the Real Deal"
- The Daily Telegraph (U.K.) - April 1, '00: "Trapped in Time"
- Denver Rocky Mountain News - Nov. 19, '00: "Poetic justice after years mired in controversy, Sylvia Plath's unedited journals aim to settle the score"
- The Economist - Oct. 7, '00: "Writing for their lives"
- The Edmonton Journal - March 23, '00: "Diaries show Plath's manic highs, lows"
- The Guardian - March 18, '00: "Love, loathing and life with Ted Hughes"
- The Guardian - March 27, '00: "Do I know you, Ms Plath? On digging up the dirt on literary figures"
- The Guardian - April 2, '00: "Day after day"
- Irish Times - April 1, '00: "Caged Mind: The Journals of Sylvia Plath"
- The Los Angeles Times - March 25, '00: "Diaries Fill Out Pages in Poet's Life"
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Nov. 5, '00: "Journals Bare Plath's Intense Sensibility"
- The New Republic - Dec. 12, '00: "Ariel's Appetite"
- The Observer - April 2, '00: "So many lives, so little time"
- Publishers Weekly - Sept. 25, '00: "The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (Book Review)"
- SAQ Online (Smith Alumnae Magazine) - Spring '01: "True To Her Words"
- Seattle Times - Oct. 13, '99: "Plath's Journals May Help Satiate Audience Hungry For 'Plathiana'"
- The Times (London)- April 14, '01: "Biography choice"
- USA Today - Dec. 2 '99: "Plath's complete journals to be published"
- The Vancouver Sun - Oct. 13, '99: "Plath journals promise an 'intimate portrait'"
- The Village Voice - Oct. 31, '00: "Plath's uncensored journals expose raw nerves: The Sylvia Lining"
*re: Ted Hughes' Birthday Letters*
- American Poetry Review - Sept.-Oct. '98: "A marriage between writers: 'Birthday Letters' as memoir and as poetry"
- BBC News - Jan. 17, '98: "Hughes breaks silence over Plath"
- Biblio - Aug. '98: "Portrait of a Literary Marriage"
- The Boston Globe - Feb. 15, '98: "Agonized Scenes From a Marriage: Breaking His Long Silence..."
- The Boston Globe - Feb. 8, '98: "Dear Sylvia... In 88 New Poems, and 35 Years After..."
- The Buffalo News - March 1, '98: "Through The Keyhole Of Collision: Ted Hughes' Poems To Sylvia Plath"
- BusinessWorld - April 14, '00: "Weekender Books: Ted Hughes's Final Grin: The Birthday Letters"
- The Christian Science Monitor - March 11, '98: "Breaking the long silence: Ted Hughes on Sylvia Plath"
- Commercial Appeal - Jan. 31, '98: "Hughes On Sylvia Plath Sure To Fan Blame Flames"
- The Dallas Morning News - April 26, '98: "Plath's shadow falls across Hughes' most private poems"
- Denver Rocky Mountain News - April 22, '98: "Ted Hughes Looks Plath In The Eye"
- Literary Review - Summer '98: "Owning the facts of his life: Ted Hughes's 'Birthday Letters'"
- The Los Angeles Times - March 15, '98: "Let It Bleed: Birthday Letters"
- The Los Angeles Times - Jan. 21, '98: "Reason Anew to Reexamine the Sylvia Plath Tragedy"
- Maclean's - April 27, '98: "Remembering Sylvia: Ted Hughes evokes a legend and her demons"
- Morning Call - Jan. 23, '98: "'Letters' Continues Sylvia Plath Debate ... Backstage"
- The New York Times - Jan. 27, '98: "A divided response to the poems of Ted Hughes"
- The New York Times - Jan. 19, '98: "Ted Hughes at Last Recounts Life With Sylvia Plath"
- PBS The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Transcript - Feb. 18, '98: "Ted Hughes' poems about Sylvia Plath"
- People Weekly - March 23, '98: "Delayed Reaction: In searing poetry, Ted Hughes breaks his long silence about Sylvia Plath"
- The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Jan. 25, '98: "Ted Hughes Breaking His Silence"
- Salon - Feb. 6, '98: "The Good Father"
- Salon - Feb. 6, '98: "Bitter Fame"
- Time magazine - March 2, '98: "Breaking the Silence: British laureate Ted Hughes finally offers a poetic meditation on his marriage to Sylvia Plath"
- Time magazine - Feb. 16, '98: "Poet's License: British laureate Ted Hughes on Sylvia Plath"
- U.S. News & World Report - Feb. 9, '98: "The end of a controversial silence"
- USA Today - Dec. 2, '99: "Poet Ted Hughes dies of cancer"
- USA Today - Dec. 2, '99: "Critics rave over new Ted Hughes volume of love for Sylvia Plath"
- USA Today - Dec. 2, '99: "Hughes, breaking bonds of tragedy"
- World Socialist Web Site - May 28, '98: "Memories of Sylvia Plath"
- The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri (Japan) - April 19, '98: "Ted Hughes Breaks 35-Year Silence On His Life With Sylvia"
*re: The It-Doesn't-Matter Suit*
- Detroit News - May 13, '96: "Sylvia Plath's little book will suit children well"
- Salon - Aug. 25, '99: "Is hell satisfied?"
*Term Papers, Essays and Criticism*
- Mary Ann Andrade: Plath biography & critiques
- Fred Beake: "Plathetic Fallacies - the influence of other writers on Plath"
- Ann Skea: "A Consideration of Fred Beake's 'Plathetic Fallacies'"
- Catherine Cooper: "Sylvia Plath and Alice Walker: Two women writers challenge society's conspiracy against women"
- Charlotte Crofts: "'The Peanut Crunching Crowd' in the Work of Sylvia Plath: Holocaust as Spectacle?"
- Ken D: Sylvia Plath: Ego, Blood and Spirit (collection of essays and insights)
- Michelle Kinsey-Clinton: "The Willing Domesticity of Sylvia Plath: A Rebuttal of the 'Feminist' Label"
- Modern American Poetry: Collection of Plath explications (covers 13 poems)
- Heesun Nam: "Sylvia Plath: Why do I care?"
- NYU students: critiques of 13 Plath poems
- Erin Catherine O'Neill: "Life As Tragedy: Sylvia Plath"
- Joyce Carol Oates: "The Death Throes of Romanticism: The Poetry of Sylvia Plath"
- Karen Steele: "Sylvia Plath: Her Life and Poetry"
- Voices of Women: "The King Must Die: Rechoreographing the Father-Daughter Dance"
- Heather Yerrick: "Comparing Women Poets: Sylvia Plath and Elizabeth Bishop"
- ?: "Death is one of the major themes of Sylvia Plath's poetry"
- Alternatives: Social Transformation & Humane Governance - July-Sept. '00: "Security in Sylvia Plath's poem 'Daddy'"
- Monica Beyer: "Black Shoes and German Tongues: Death and Incest in Sylvia Plath's 'Daddy'"
- City Honors students: Commentary on Lines 71-80 of "Daddy"
- Nicola Goelzhaeuser: "Imagery in Sylvia Plath's 'Daddy'"
- Malcolm: "Sylvia the Vampire Slayer" (about "Daddy")
- H.C. Phelps: "Plath's 'Daddy'"
- Roger Platizky: "Plath's 'Daddy'"
- A.C. Scaffe: Sylvia Plath's "Daddy"
- Alexis Smirnow"Sylvia Plath's Ariel Poems"
- Sherry Lutz Zivley: "The source of the vampire and Frisco Seal in Plath's 'Daddy'"
- ?: "A Critique of the Poem 'Daddy'"
- City Honors students: Commentaries on Lines 36-42 of "Tulips"
- Geoffrey Golden: "A Commentary on Sylvia Plath's 'Tulips'"
- Ben Cady: "An Interpretation of Sylvia Plath's 'Lady Lazarus'"
- City Honors students: Commentaries on Lines 65-79 of "Lady Lazarus"
- Theresa Collins: "Plath's 'Lady Lazarus'"
- ResearchPaper.com: "Lady Lazarus" critique
- Ben Cady: "An Interpretation of Sylvia Plath's 'Stings'"
- C. LaChiusa: "Stings" and suggested interpretations
- Nancy Porcari: "Commentary on Sylvia Plath's 'Stings'"
- Arlindo Correia: "Morning Song"
- Daniele DiGiacomo: "From Mourning Song to 'Morning Song': The Maturation of a Maternal Bond"
- David Ketterer: "Plath's 'Morning Song'"
- Daniele DiGiacomo: "The Role of the Nativity in 'Magi' and 'Carol of the Brown King'"
- Robert Hass: exploration of "By Candlelight"
- Lynda K. Bundtzen: "Poetic Arson and Sylvia Plath's 'Burning the Letters'"
- James Reich: "Sylvia Plath: American Gorgon, reading Medusa"
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