Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath

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On a bleak February day in 1963 a young American poet died by her own hand, and passed into a myth that has since imprinted itself on the hearts and minds of millions. She was and is Sylvia Plath and Your Own, Sylvia is a portrait of her life, told in poems.

With photos and an extensive list of facts and sources to round out the reading experience, Your Own, Sylvia is a gre...more

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Published December 10th 2008 by Random House (first published March 13th 2007)

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Oct 25, 2010 Tatiana rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: printz, non-fiction, verse, ya, ala-ya-2008, 2010

I don't feel like this book is deserving of Printz Honor. To write about a poet's life in a form of a series of poems from POV's of people around Sylvia is an interesting exercise, but the final product itself is not satisfying. Stephanie Hemphill is just not that great of a poet. Her best poems in this book are those that are direct imitations of Plath's own works. I caught myself wanting to read Sylvia's poetry rather than Hemphill's. Other poems are written in free verse with no rhythm or rhy...more

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Jul 12, 2008 Nancy rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book is extraordinary. I have limited shelf space and even when I love a book, it usually goes right out the door as a gift to someone else when I'm done reading. For example - recently I adored THE HUNGER GAMES, gave it five stars here, raved about it... but as I compare my reaction to that book with my reaction to this one, well, I happily gave HUNGER GAMES away upon completion, but YOUR OWN, SYLVIA, I will keep and reread. And the book is also going to send me right back to Sylvia Plath'...more

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Apr 21, 2008 Krista rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: teen-fiction

Written in the style of Plath's most notable work, Hemphill creates a series of original poems influenced by and chronicling the Pulitzer prize-winning poet's childhood until her untimely suicide in 1963.

Thorough research - as illustrated by the use of footnotes - illuminates the various themes and issues which arose in Plath's poetry. Hemphill avoids turning the work into a stale biography by using various individuals' point of view - those who were closest to Sylvia - as the voice for half of...more

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Jan 09, 2008 Suzanne rated it 5 of 5 stars

Recommended to Suzanne by: Faith

Shelves: youngadult-nonfiction

So good. So, so, so good. I thought I would be at a disadvantage because (shame on me BA English, MS Library Science) all I knew about Sylvia Plath was that she wrote poetry, wrote something called The Bell Jar which I was fairly certain (now confirmed) was depressing, and that she killed herself. This book, however, is a great introduction into the world of Sylvia Plath.

The author took true events from Sylvia's life and wrote fictionalized accounts of them in verse (it makes sense when you see...more

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Jan 14, 2008 elissa rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Shelves: youngadult, poetry, biography, my_00s_reads, mental_illnesses

Whoo hoo! Today it won a Printz Honor! I just finished this last week, and if I had read this last year (a few days ago at this point) it would have definitely been on my 2007Favorites shelf! It was hard to get ahold of in libraries, though, and my hold was just filled a few days ago. Hopefully it'll win awards later this month and become more widely available (YES! It did!). It's an extremely balanced and wonderfully researched look at Plath's tumultous life. I had only read THE BELL JAR, and s...more

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Dec 22, 2007 Jess rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, mock-printz-2008, novels-in-verse, non-fiction, printz-honor

I tend to be skeptical of novels-in-verse, or in this case, biography-in-verse, but I'm not sure why since I always end up enjoying them. Well, saying I enjoyed this would be a bit of a stretch, but it was a fascinating read and easy to get swept up in. I came out the other side feeling incredibly sane and healthy and happy, but thinking a bit about what makes people turn out the way they do and how writing intersects with life. There's a great section at the end on the author's process of writi...more

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May 02, 2012 Dawn added it

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Sylvia Plath, beloved young adult author, poet, and dreamer is beautifully captured in this book of her life. The book is rendered in an unusual way, which befits Sylvia. Instead of a traditional biography, it is all written in poetry, some of which is designed to resemble poems that Sylvia wrote. The book has footnotes at the bottom of some of the pages to help fill in dates and facts that would not fit in the poems. This book is a great tribute to Sylvia and anyone who en...more

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Apr 05, 2012 Thomas Trottier rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: required

It took awhile to get adjusted to the format, and when I finally did, I was on page 50. This was a very fast read and a great way to get high school students reading and thinking about poetry. Going into this book with very little knowledge about Sylvia Plath, it was interesting learning about her struggles and what she did for women everywhere. We spend so much time studying poets and authors from a century ago; this intimate biography made Sylvia more a real person than a foamous poet.

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Apr 05, 2012 Kevin Meece rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I thought that this verse portrait of Sylvia Plath's life was a quick read, which I always will enjoy. Furthermore, I really liked that each poem is told from a different perspective of a character that was impacted by Sylvia's existance. I did find the poetry to be quite dry at times; they would not necessarily stand on their own. However, collectively they created something quite interesting in the world of creative nonfiction. I liked that we got a portrait of a woman...more

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Apr 05, 2012 Cait Lackey rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult

"Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath" was written in a format that I had never really experienced before. Sylvia Plath is an author and writer that I am familiar with and Stephanie Hemphill created a fictional biography through this book that I think describes Plath's life and family in a very interesting way. I have always liked Sylvia Plath's poetry and other works, and I thought that "Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse.." was written in a poetic style that complemented Plath's own writi...more

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Apr 04, 2012 Chris rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: english-492

Being a fan of poetry, I have to say Your Own Sylvia wasn’t what I would normally read. I enjoy the concept: a poet’s biography being recounted in verse. However, I felt the execution to be fairly simple. Hemphill has control over the structure, but most poetic devices she uses are built of Plath’s work, or sort of boring. Though there were some parts I especially liked, such as the comparison made between Plath’s sexually teasing nature and a car. Hemphill isn’t necessarily a bad writer, and i...more

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Feb 13, 2012 *Simone rated it 5 of 5 stars

Written in the styles of her most famous works, Your Own Sylvia is a shocking insight into the troubled mind of the plagued poet Sylvia Plath. Hemphill creates a realistic portrait of Plath’s relationship with those around her, using carefully crafted verses as vehicles for emotion. Through their eyes, we see the struggles of a talented young women, fighting to find peace with herself.

I found this verse novel to be a moving and powerful introduction to Sylvia Plath. Coming into the book with no...more Written in the styles of her most famous works, Your Own Sylvia is a shocking insight into the troubled mind of the plagued poet Sylvia Plath. Hemphill creates a realistic portrait of Plath’s relationship with those around her, using carefully crafted verses as vehicles for emotion. Through their eyes, we see the struggles of a talented young women, fighting to find peace with herself.

I found this verse novel to be a moving and powerful introduction to Sylvia Plath. Coming into the book with no background knowledge of her, I feel as if I personally know the woman and her friends and family after reading this novel. The details and different descriptions used in each poem create a beautiful picture for the reader, which is not repetitive at all. Rather, it is creative and real. I don’t think the author used the same adjective twice throughout the book. And the words were carefully chosen as well, each one fitting with the style and tone of the poem. I felt as if I was immersed in Plath’s life. The author tells a story not only with poems, but with helpful footnotes which explain the form of the poem, and give extra information on the current narrating character, and the style the verses are based on. This was helpful at times, but took away from the story as I became enchanted with the novel. In spite of this, I would not have fully understood the plot of the book without these notes. The aspect of the book which I most enjoyed was the rich language and seemingly fictional plot of a real woman’s life. I would recommend this book to mature teen and adult readers who are willingly to take a peek at the suicidal emotions and thoughts of Sylvia Plath. Anyone interested in Plath’s work, especially The Belljar, will appreciate this insight into her life. Younger readers may not fully understand the concepts in this book, or be comfortable with Plath’s suicide attempts and stay at a mental institution. More mature readers will find Your Own, Sylvia by Stephanie Hemphill to be a majestic novel, providing a look into the life and works of Sylvia Plath.
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Dec 08, 2011 Alison rated it 5 of 5 stars

Hemphill, Stephanie. Your Own, Sylvia. Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. 12-15 yrs.

Beginning in 1932, Stephanie Hemphill takes her reader on a journey through the life, and eventual suicide, of author and poet Sylvia Plath. Touted as a “verse portrait,” Hemphill’s work gives a fictional perspective of the main characters in Plath’s life through verse. Plath’s mother, neighbor, husband, boyfriends, brother, psychiatrist, students and teachers are all given a voice. Based on research, letters and other work...more Hemphill, Stephanie. Your Own, Sylvia. Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. 12-15 yrs.

Beginning in 1932, Stephanie Hemphill takes her reader on a journey through the life, and eventual suicide, of author and poet Sylvia Plath. Touted as a “verse portrait,” Hemphill’s work gives a fictional perspective of the main characters in Plath’s life through verse. Plath’s mother, neighbor, husband, boyfriends, brother, psychiatrist, students and teachers are all given a voice. Based on research, letters and other works by Plath and her entourage, Hemphill’s Your Own, Sylvia blends fiction with fact to create a believable and cohesive collection of poetry.
After each poem, Hemphill includes a footnote about the inspiration for that particular poem and also some background knowledge about the content. Many of the poems are also “in the style of” works written by Plath herself. Winter’s End, for example, is in the style of Edge, the final poem in Plath’s Ariel collection. Edge was written on February 5, 1963, and is a “chilling, exquisitely crafted work and perhaps the last poem Sylvia wrote,” Hemphill informs us in her footnote. By explaining the facts behind the poetry, Hemphill provides history and context without bogging down the facts or making the poetry too dense.
Lovers of poetry and beginners alike can find something worthwhile in Your Own, Sylvia. The poetry is not too complex, but also weaves a story and a history of what Plath endured during her lifetime. Children as young as twelve can understand the meaning behind Hemphill’s poetry and learn more about the life of Sylvia Plath that they might have known little of before. Sometimes troubling, but always honest, sharing the life of a depressed artist is difficult, but Hemphill does so in a way that the reader can admire Plath and her works. The central focus is not on Plath’s death, but rather the key events throughout her life, such as the death of her father and her divorce, that lead her to create her famous poetry. Plath’s The Bell Jar is a book that gets read a lot in the junior high and early high school years. Your Own, Sylvia would be a great companion to Plath’s other works or in any poetry, history or psychology class.
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Sep 17, 2011 Traci rated it 5 of 5 stars

Ever since her death by suicide in February of 1963, Sylvia Plath has been heralded as a great poet and author of the twentieth century. Her novel, The Bell Jar, was released to widespread accolades throughout the literary community and her poems have been heralded as the quintessential voice of female empowerment and longing. Until recently she has only been examined through the eyes of researchers and biographers, attempting to tell her story through a recording of her life. Yet, it has been w...more Ever since her death by suicide in February of 1963, Sylvia Plath has been heralded as a great poet and author of the twentieth century. Her novel, The Bell Jar, was released to widespread accolades throughout the literary community and her poems have been heralded as the quintessential voice of female empowerment and longing. Until recently she has only been examined through the eyes of researchers and biographers, attempting to tell her story through a recording of her life. Yet, it has been wondered, what would she look like through other people’s eyes?

Author Stephanie Hemphill attempts to answer this question in this wonderful new addition to the myth of Sylvia. Sylvia Plath is brought to life through poetry in this unique and engrossing new book, but not through the poems you might think. Readers will come to know and love Sylvia not through the famous poems she wrote, but through poems written in the voice of those who knew her throughout her life and leading up to her suicide. Through fictional poetry written by the author, many in the style of Sylvia’s own poems, readers experience the birth, life and death of Sylvia through the eyes of the myriad of people in her life including her husband, Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, her mother, Aurelia Plath, in addition to her many therapists, friends and mentors throughout her life.

Readers look in on Sylvia through the happiest and saddest times, experiencing the emotions of others as they were inspired, overjoyed, hampered, and saddened by her actions. We read about her first suicide attempt through the eyes of her brother, Warren and feel the depths of despair at Sylvia’s discovery of her husband’s affair through the eyes of her neighbor and friend.

Throughout the book, the poems are supplemented with basic facts and dates from which the fictional poetry was derived, as well as the names of Sylvia’s original poems on which the fictional ones were based. Readers will appreciate these bits of facts interspersed throughout the fictional poems.

Your Own, Sylvia is a great introduction for both teens and adults to the life, death, and poetry of Sylvia Plath. Getting to know her so intimately will make both seasoned Plath readers and those new to her literary legacy wanting to find out more about this genius of confessional poetry.
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Jun 29, 2011 Colleen rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Moody Teenagers

a. Hemphill, Stephanie. 2007. YOUR OWN, SYLVIA. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 9780329758790

b. I’ve been intrigued with Sylvia Plath since I was a moody, depressed 17 year old reading The Bell Jar. Her semi-autobiographical novel describing shock therapy in an insane asylum really got to me as an awkward teenager. Fast-forward 15 years to the present, and now I’m teaching her poetry in my classroom. We read and analyze “Daddy,” and my students are always shocked that poetry can be so emotional...more

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Jan 12, 2010 Gail rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2010

The life of Sylvia Plath as told in a very unique biography. The author uses excerpts from letters written by and to Sylvia but she also writes her own poems to weave a tale of Plath's relationships with her mother, husband, college friends, childhood friends and business associates. Very interesting use of prose to bring insights into the talented, yet mysterious and heartbreaking life of Plath.

I had forgotten what a cad her husband, Ted Hughes was(he wrote childrens' books after all so I thoug...more

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Sep 28, 2009 Brad Walton rated it 4 of 5 stars

As a reader, I was reminded entirely of reading Plath's own poetry. I must admit that I do not like Plath's work, but not because it is written poorly. In fact, Plath wrote incredible poetry and was a master of literary devices. I never liked her work because she was always very self-centered and egotistical in her writing. She was self glorifying and vainglorious. "Your Own, Syvia" reminded me of Plath's poetry because it too was very well written, but I did not like the subject matter. I can s...more

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Apr 05, 2012 Meghan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: engl-492-required-reading

This was my first experience with reading a book in verse, so it took awhile for me to really get in to it. I had read a few pieces of Sylvia Plath's work in the past and I had been familiar with her strange demeanor, but this book gave readers a look in to her personal life with the perspectives of several people who had varying relationships with Sylvia. Because the story of her suicide is so well-known, I knew from the beginning that the story had a tragic turn. However, this didn't distract...more

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Jan 15, 2012 kb rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 4ever-young-adult

The first time I read Sylvia Plath, which was in sophomore year, she gave me a funny feeling - a cross between creepiness and excitement. In my then-limited mind, she was someone I didn't really want to go in-depth with because I found her and her works too morbid. A couple of years later, I managed to get a bit closer to for her, especially after reading The Bell Jar, and found out there were a lot of things about her life I could relate to. It was like an epiphany: She wasn't that different fr...more

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Apr 18, 2013 Jamie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult-lit, poetry-verse, postpartum-depression

Tricky, this one. At times the poems felt forced (even the nanny needs to use verse? really?), but I did come away with a much enhanced sense for Plath. And I think that's the benefit of what Hemphill has done: we get beautiful glimpses with the imagery her poetry provides.

I am a survivor of postpartum depression, and so it was intriguing to read about her journey as a writer, a wife, and then as a mother. The perfect storm was brewing in the years and months before she took her own life--child...more

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May 11, 2012 Nick rated it 2 of 5 stars

I will abmit that writing about a poet's life in the form of a series of poems from the viewoints of people around Sylvia is an interesting method, but the final product itself did not impress me at all. I felt that some of Stephanie Hemphill's best poems in this book are those that are direct imitations of Plath's own works. I was more interested in reading Sylvia's poetry rather than Hemphill's. Other poems are written in free verse with no rhythm or rhyme and pretty much are the usual fare fo...more

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Jan 17, 2009 The Loft added it

This is beautifully written and offers a more balanced perspective of the poet's life than many other biographies.

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Apr 10, 2012 Shana Dempsey rated it 3 of 5 stars

When I first started reading it, I found myself having trouble getting into it and even enjoying it. I felt like I had to keep going back and forth on the page and I kept thinking I was lost in my reading. I have never read anything of Sylvia Plath's, so this was a first for me. It's not to say that I didn't like this book, I just had trouble reading it. Once we had a discussion in class about how to take a small section of it and use it, I found that this book could easily be incorporated into...more

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Apr 06, 2012 Kim rated it 2 of 5 stars

Recommended to Kim by: Mark

Overall, I think this book does a pretty good job of depicting Sylvia Plath's life in poetry format. I think that in her depression and attempted suicide, many of those poems from the different perspectives of people who were close to her were well written, and seemed to speak closely to what they may have actually been feeling during this time.

I did not, however, really care for the format of the book. I didn't like that the real story was written in footnotes at the bottom of the pages. I thin...more

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Jul 30, 2009 Karen Workun rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: yal-summer-09

To preface this, I will just say...I love memoirs. I also love the work of Sylvia Plath, one of America's most tragic artists. There really are no words to describe this text, other than Hemphill has done an amazing job of researching and conveying the turmoil that was Plath's life in a sublime way. The use of verse throughout the novel was a triumph, and the fact that each piece was told from the perspective of someone in Plath's life was genius. It's strange to think that I had never read a bi...more

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Nov 09, 2012 Lisa Collins rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: checked-out, i-want-to-own

I’m not the biggest poetry fan in the world. I would go as far to say sometimes I loathe it. I like things that get to the point, and poetry tends to beat around the bush. I love to try and convince myself I like poetry, though. I often get books of poetry from the library, take a couple looks at them, and then turn them in again without reading more than a few poems.
I picked up this book of poetry because it’s about Sylvia Plath and her life. I’m a fan of Plath’s works (to an extent), but I lov...more I’m not the biggest poetry fan in the world. I would go as far to say sometimes I loathe it. I like things that get to the point, and poetry tends to beat around the bush. I love to try and convince myself I like poetry, though. I often get books of poetry from the library, take a couple looks at them, and then turn them in again without reading more than a few poems.
I picked up this book of poetry because it’s about Sylvia Plath and her life. I’m a fan of Plath’s works (to an extent), but I love even more to read about her life, short as it may have been. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into with this particular collection.

I’ll say right now that this book pleasantly surprised me. It’s made up of a series of poems, in the point of view of various people from Plath’s life, that come together to document her entire life from beginning to bitter end. The poems themselves were nice to read. They weren’t trying too hard to be poetic, yet they were “pretty”, as many poems are… and got down to the nitty-gritties without too much fuss about trying to make things socially acceptable. It’s a challenge to be honest and unbiased when writing about someone’s life (even your own) and I really think Hemphill did it effortlessly.

Most of the poems were accompanied by footnotes with additional information, which I really loved. Also, I really enjoyed the multiple perspectives. I don’t think this book would have worked if it were from the perspective of just one or two people. There’s an array of people such as family, friends, doctors, et cetera. It really gave variety and a large scope of opinions.

While I have many good things to say about this book I do have one rather large bone to pick with the author and publisher. I’m absolutely confused by the genre of the book. Is it Fiction or Non-Fiction? It’s officially published as Non-Fiction because it’s about real events, but the author (in her letter to readers) says it’s Fiction. I’m torn as to what to label it, because while it is about real events, the author stood in as the people in Sylvia’s life. How can something be Non-Fiction when the words were never really said by the people in the story? Anyway, since it’s published as Non-Fiction I’ll label it as such.

Aside from the genre problem I’m very fond of this book. (Honestly, the genre doesn’t make that much of a difference.) It was interesting to read and presented Sylvia Plath’s life in such a way that gave the full story without a bunch of fluff. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who likes poetry, Sylvia Plath, or the Non-Fiction genre. I really think it’s worth the read no matter what you like, though. I hope to own this one in the future.(less)

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Apr 29, 2013 Sara Grochowski rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: random-house, young-adult, verse, reviewed

Sylvia Plath is an enigma that I've spent a (probably) unhealthy amount of time trying to understand. Like many women and teens who've read her work, I feel a strong sense of kinship to Plath that fuels my curiosity, and I found Stephanie Hemphill's Your Own, Sylvia to be a welcome and engaging read which offered both interesting information and the emotion of poetry.

It surprised me how much I learned while reading Your Own, Sylvia. Many of the poems mimic poems written by Plath in style or form...more

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Jul 27, 2010 Ariel. rated it 5 of 5 stars

I just got done reading "Your Own, Sylvia" by Stephanie Hemphill. Ive never heard about Sylvia Plath, untill I went to the libray with my friend. I love poems so I asked the librian in the teen section where to find poems. I read the back of the book and I was in love. It took me about five days, to finish it. It may seem like alot but im not much of a reader so its very fast for me. The book is how Stephanie Hemphill feels about the poems and situations of Sylvia. So if I found that intriging....more

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Dec 08, 2008 Erica rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: outside-reading-yal

I knew immediately that I wanted to read this book after I saw it as an option for the Printz Award books. I have been a Sylvia Plath fan ever since The Bell Jar and when I read some of her poetry. You gotta love the inherently self-destructive female voice! This book aims to recreate her life through poems “by” people that were close to her, even though they are all written by the talented author, Stephanie Hemphill. The poetry’s purpose is very obvious because you get a sense that it aims to c...more

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Mar 14, 2009 Claudia rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Everyone...women will get it

Recommended to Claudia by: Jenny

Shelves: historical-fiction, chick-lit, can-t-live-without-em, sequoyah-2010, wishlist

I barely know where to start. Hemphill is an amazing poet. Each chapter of this fictionalized biography of Sylvia Plath is an exquisite poem, in the voice of someone in Sylvia's life...her family, her friends, her neighbors, her spurned boyfriends. Many of the poems have been written in the style of Plath's own work. We see a beautiful, mercurial, talented, loving, doomed young woman's march into myth. Hemphill accompanies each poem-chapter with biographical details that help the reader ground h...more

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Stephanie Hemphill's first novel in poems, Things Left Unsaid, was published by Hyperion in 2005 and was awarded the 2006 Myra Cohn Livingston Award for Excellence in Poetry by the Children's Literature Council of Southern California.

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