A very brief biographical note on Sexton, with a small selection of her poems.
Article originally published Oct. 27, 1974 in the New York Times. Jong reminisces about Sexton's life and career. Site requires free registration.
Online companion site to Oxford Modern American Poetry anthology. Contains biography, chronology, and scholars' comments on her life and some of her poems.
Website from Sexton's official biographer. Contains excerpt from biography, audio files of Sexton reading with her band Her Kind, and a collection of articles on the controversy the biography ignited.
Essay by R.J. McCaffery, which deals with issues of self-representation in Sexton's poetry.
Provides a brief biography, bibliography, and links. Contains the text of "Snow White", "The Truth the Dead Know", "Wanting to Die", and "Her Kind" (which is also available in Real Audio, read by Sexton).
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