i'm in a coffee bar and the two women at the corner table are discussing sylvia plath.

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"word choice... blending into... arrangement..."

― The Pinup Girls of YANK (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 23:11 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm coming over!

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 23:13 (eighteen years ago) link

better than "oven... head... ewwww"

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 23:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Hum a Death of Samantha song at them.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 23:13 (eighteen years ago) link

one of the women, a poetry teacher, reminds me of ileanna douglas' character in ghost world, in that "oh god i can't believe i have to say these awful things but i don't know how to teach so i have no choice but to speak in the same cliches my teachers spoke in" way.

― The Pinup Girls of YANK (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 23:36 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm running away!

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 23:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Where's an Easy Bake when I need it most?

― Ian Riese-Moraine's all but an ark-lark! (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 23:45 (eighteen years ago) link

You must be in Brooklyn!

― On the bass, 57 7th, he wrote this (calstars), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link

she's not

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 2 June 2005 03:52 (eighteen years ago) link

close enuf

― The Pinup Girls of YANK (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 2 June 2005 03:53 (eighteen years ago) link

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― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 2 June 2005 03:57 (eighteen years ago) link

I had a girl over to my room in college once and when she saw I had "Ariel" she snickered and said "oh my God."

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 2 June 2005 05:04 (eighteen years ago) link

i have "ariel" but i only bought it so cute boys would squeal with delight and marvel at my sensitivity.

― The Pinup Girls of YANK (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 2 June 2005 05:09 (eighteen years ago) link

I dont get the Plath hate, really. Hate some of her more rabid clueless fans sure, but some of her late poetry is fierce and lively, and I really like it a lot.

Her prose is shit, mind you.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 2 June 2005 05:14 (eighteen years ago) link

ts: sylvia plath vs. ian curtis

― The Pinup Girls of YANK (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 2 June 2005 05:15 (eighteen years ago) link

I thought the Bell Jar was fantastic when I read it in high school. I was very disappointed with the boy in her story, though, and dismayed at the metaphor she used to describe his scrotum.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 2 June 2005 05:16 (eighteen years ago) link

I will not repeat it here.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 2 June 2005 05:16 (eighteen years ago) link

i will send an awful rowing towards god to anyone who sends me their copy of ariel, just so you know how to do femminist confessional poetry.

― anthony easton (anthony), Thursday, 2 June 2005 05:30 (eighteen years ago) link

the bell jar is one of my favorite books. i like her prose more than her poetry.

what i REALLY don't get is this whole "anne sexton is better than sylvia plath" thing. she seems a LOT whinier and more rambling and self-indulgent to me than plath ever did.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 2 June 2005 06:26 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't know any Sylvia Plath. S/D, anybody?

― Come Back Johnny B (Johnney B), Thursday, 2 June 2005 06:29 (eighteen years ago) link

one of the women, a poetry teacher, reminds me of ileanna douglas' character in ghost world,

"Mirror ... Father.
Mirror ... Father"

― Ken L (Ken L), Thursday, 2 June 2005 09:30 (eighteen years ago) link

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