Flashes of brilliance

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9781324051107

Collation

322 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

770 BUR f

Red comet: the short life and blazing art of Sylvia Plath

With a wealth of never-before-accessed materials, Heather Clark brings to life the brilliant Sylvia Plath, who had precocious poetic ambition and was an accomplished published writer even before she became a star at Smith College. Refusing to read Plath’s work as if her every act was a harbinger of her tragic fate, Clark considers the sociopolitical context as she thoroughly explores Plath’…

The school librarian's guide to (almost everything)

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9798892553308

Collation

168 p. ; ill. ; 22 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

027 MAD t

Femme fatale

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