Alexandra’s Reviews > The Fading Smile: Poets in Boston, 1995-1960, from Robert Frost to Robert Lowell to Sylvia Plath > Status Update

Women weren't allowed in the Harvard Poetry Room in the 1960s so John L Sweeney let ADR in through a secret staircase

Sylvia Plath asked Adrienne Rich if you can be a mother and a poet at the same time...Adrienne strongly advised against it. Also the fetishization of talented female poets in the 1950s Boston circle is revolting yet expected. Sylvia respects female queerness but doesn't understand it (straight af)

Some of the author's haughty diction made me literally cringe, reminding me why I can't take poets anywhere. Gem: "Frost used also to brag..." Other than the (expectedly) cringe-worthy prose-voice from Davison, I'm a heaux for the nuggets of information that add dimension to these poets' images.

Some of the author's haughty diction made me literally cringe, reminding me why I can't take poets anywhere. Gem: "Frost used also to brag..." Other than the (expectedly) cringe-worthy prose-voice from Davison, I'm a heaux for the nuggets of information that add dimension to these poets' images.

Some of the author's haughty diction made me literally cringe, reminding me why I can't take poets anywhere. Gem: "Frost used also to brag..." Other than the (expectedly) cringe-worthy prose-voice from Davidson, I'm a heaux for the nuggets of information that add dimension to these poets' images.