Download Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 AudioBook Free
"I dreamed of New York; I am going there." On May 31, 1953, 23-year-old Sylvia Plath found its way to NEW YORK for a one-month stint at "the intellectual fashion newspaper" Mademoiselle to be a guest editor because of its prestigious annual university issue. Over another 26 days, the bright, blond New Britain collegian lived at the Barbizon Hotel, went to Balanchine ballets, viewed a game at Yankee Stadium, and danced at the Western world Side Tennis Golf club. She typed rejection words to writers from The New Yorker and ate a whole bowl of caviar at an advertising luncheon. She stalked Dylan Thomas and fought off an competitive diamond-wielding delegate from the United Nations. She had taken hot baths, had her hair done, and uncovered her personal drink (vodka, no glaciers). Young, beautiful, and on the cusp of any advantageous profession, she was supposed to be having the time of her life. Pulling on in-depth interviews with fellow visitor editors whose thoughts infuse these internet pages, Elizabeth Winder unveils how these 26 days indelibly modified how Plath observed herself, her mom, her friendships, and her affectionate relationships, and how this period molded her emerging id as a female so when a copy writer. Pain, Celebrations, Work - the three words Plath used to spell it out that point - shows how Manhattan's alien atmosphere unleashed an stress and anxiety that would stick with her for the rest of her all-too-short life. Thoughtful and illuminating, this captivating portrait invites us to see Sylvia Plath before The Bell Jar, before she became an icon - a young female with everything to live for.
