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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - The Pulitzer is fine and all, but James Brady Ryan issues a different sort of a honor in Nerve. The five sexiest authors of all time:
  • Sylvia Plath: A tragic figure for sure, but still a beauty.
  • Jack Kerouac: So he’s a little bit of a cliché
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Jack Kerouac • writers • sexy • Sylvia Plath • Zadie Smith • Anais Nin • Langston Hughes

(Newser) - Nicholas Hughes’ depression and eventual suicide were caused by the loss of his father in 1998, the Times reports. The younger Hughes and his father shared a special bond, and when Ted Hughes died, renowned fish biologist Nicholas “lost the relationship that mattered most to him,” a friend... More »

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suicide • depression • literature • poetry • Sylvia Plath • Ted Hughes • Nicholas Hughes

Sylvia Plath's Son Commits Suicide

46 years after she killed herself, Nicholas Hughes hangs himself

Mar 23, 09 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The son of writers Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes committed suicide last week, hanging himself at his home in Fairbanks, Alaska, following a battle with depression, reports the Times of London. Nicholas Hughes, 47, was a professor of fisheries and ocean sciences but had recently left his position to take... More »

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suicide • Alaska • literature • poetry • English literature • Sylvia Plath • Ted Hughes

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