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On the Life-and-Death Cycles at the Heart of Sylvia Plath’s Work

On the Life-and-Death Cycles at the Heart of Sylvia Plath’s Work

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Growing Up in Taylor Swift’s America

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White Noise, White Silence: Who Gets to Be Loud in<br> Today's America?

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By Kelly Marie Coyne | December 17, 2020

Jane Austen and the Timeless Tradition of Mansplaining

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By Kelly Marie Coyne | April 23, 2018

The Many Faces of Sylvia Plath

The Many Faces of Sylvia Plath

In Focusing Too Much on Her Death, We Miss Her Capacity for Life

By Kelly Marie Coyne | October 27, 2017

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