Sylvia Plath, an American writer, and poet wrote just one novel, The Bell Jar. The work, which was first published in 1963 under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas", is semi-autobiographical, with the names of locations and persons changed. The novel is sometimes seen as a roman a clef since the protagonist's journey into mental illness reflects Plath's own experiences with severe depression or bipolar II disorder. Plath committed suicide a month after the book's initial release in the United Kingdom. The work was initially published under Plath's name in 1967, but it was not released in the United States until 1971, against the desires of both Plath's husband, Ted Hughes, and her mother. The novel has been translated into almost a dozen languages.

The Bell Jar tells the story of Esther Greenwood, who is clever, beautiful, extremely skilled, and successful, but who is slowly collapsing—possibly for the final time. Sylvia Plath expertly takes the reader into Esther's collapse with such intensity that Esther's insanity appears utterly genuine and even sensible, as likely and approachable as going to the movies. Such in-depth exploration of the dark and terrifying recesses of the mind is an incredible achievement, and it has helped to establish The Bell Jar as a disturbing American classic.

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Author: Sylvia Plath
Link to read: goodreads.com/book/show/6514.The_Bell_Jar

Astrid is returning home from Mars art school in search of inspiration. Darling is escaping a life that no longer fits her, looking for a place to hide. They meet on Deep Wheel Orcadia, a faraway space station fighting for existence as the community's rate of development threatens to leave it behind. Deep Wheel Orcadia is a magical first: a science-fiction poetry tale written entirely in Orkney dialect. This one-of-a-kind excursion in minority language poetry is accompanied by a parallel translation into fun and vibrant English, ensuring that no detail of the original is lost.

The rich and diverse cast weaves a compelling, lyric, and an effortlessly readable story about place and belonging, work and economy, generation and gender politics, love, and desire – all with the lightness of touch, fluency, and musicality one would expect from one of Scotland's most talented poets in recent years. Harry Josephine Giles, from Orkney, is well-known as a brilliant poet and spellbindingly original performer of their own work. Deep Wheel Orcadia now ventures into adventurous new territory.

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Author: Harry Josephine Giles
Link to read: goodreads.com/book/show/58320923-deep-wheel-orcadia

Clive James was a lifelong fan of Philip Larkin's writing. Somewhere Becoming Rain compiles all of James' writing on this towering literary personality of the twentieth century, as well as previously unpublished material. The opprobrium surrounding Larkin's personal life and private ideas continue to conceal the magnificence of his poetry. James examines Larkin's poetry, novels, jazz, and literary criticism, as well as the two main biographies, Larkin's correspondence, and even his stage representation, to chronicle the severe and, he contends, mostly incorrect equivocations concerning Larkin's reputation in the years after his death.

Larkin's talent is defined and appreciated in this joyful and observant book. James contends that Larkin's poetry, which has been admired by discriminating readers for more than a half-century, could only be the result of his shy, diffident, imperfect, and all-too-human nature. Somewhere Becoming Rain is an erudite and hilarious love letter from one of the world's most highly recognized writers to one of its most beloved poets.

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Author: Clive James
Link to read: goodreads.com/book/show/52535941-somewhere-becoming-rain

Raymond Antrobus's remarkable debut collection, The Perseverance, won both the Rathbone Folio Prize and the Ted Hughes Award, among many other honors; the poet's eagerly anticipated second collection, All The Names Given, continues his essential investigation into language, miscommunication, place, and memory.

All The Names Given is punctuated throughout with influenced in part by Deaf sound artist Christine Sun Kim, which aims to fill in the silences and transitions between the poems, as well as times within and outside of them. All The Names Given is a contemporary, humanistic, and sensitive collection from one of the most significant young poets of his day, and it is direct, open, and formally complex.

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Author: Raymond Antrobus
Link to read: goodreads.com/book/show/57465935-all-the-names-given

Rupi Kaur's Milk and Honey (stylized as milk and honey) is a compilation of poetry and prose. The theme of the collection is survival. It is organized into four sections, each with a distinct purpose and significance to Kaur's experience. The parts go into topics such as violence, abuse, love, grief, and femininity. Kaur's writing style is influenced by her ethnic background as well as her goal to be approachable to the readers. Her style and aims, however, have been the subject of unfavorable disputes and rumors.

'Milk and honey' is a compilation of survival poetry and prose. Concerning the feelings of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. It is divided into four chapters, each of which serves a particular function. Deals with a different type of pain. Heals a different kind of heartbreak. 'Milk and Honey' takes readers on a trip through life's most bitter times, finding sweetness in them because sweetness can be found anywhere if you are prepared to search.

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Author: Rupi Kaur
Link to read: goodreads.com/book/show/23513349-milk-and-honey

Threa Almontaser's explosive debut questions how mistranslation might be a kind of self-knowledge and survival. A love letter to the country and people of Yemen, a portrait of young Muslim womanhood in New York after 9/11, and an extraordinarily composed examination of what it means to carry in the body the echoes of what came before, Almontaser sneaks artifacts to and from worlds, repurposing language and adapting to the space between cultures, Almontaser sneaks artifacts to and from worlds, repurposing language and adapting to the space between cultures.

Speakers move with the force of what cannot be contained by the boundaries of the American imagination; instead, they invest in mischief and deception, navigate imperial violence across multiple accents and anthems, and apply gang signs in henna, utilizing any means necessary to form a semblance of home. The Wild Fox of Yemen is one of the most creative and daring debuts in recent years, fearlessly riding the tension between carnality and sensitivity in the wild human soul.

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Author: Threa Almontaser
Link to read: goodreads.com/book/show/53317417-the-wild-fox-of-yemen

Jen Hadfield's latest collection is an awe-inspiring look at the untamed terrain of her Shetland home, a story of hard-won speech and the healing power of quiet. The Stone Age gradually progresses to strong and visionary panpsychism: everything – gate and wall, flower and rain, coast and sea, the standing stones whose presences charge the earth – has a sentient awareness, one that can be engaged with as a personal encounter, according to Hadfield.

The Stone Age serves as a timely reminder that our neurodiversity is a gift. They do not all experience the world in the same way, and Hadfield's songline and unabashedly high-stakes wordplay give nothing less than a gateway into a different type of being. The Stone Age is the work of a solitary artist at the pinnacle of her abilities, substantially expanding and enriching the scope of our common experience.

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Author: Jen Hadfield
Link to read: goodreads.com/book/show/56798510-the-stone-age

Hiddensee is Annie Freud's most ambitious work to date, not least because it is a book about ambition and its necessity, the urge to reach beyond oneself and accomplish what one cannot: Freud delves into other ways of thought, other art forms, disease, and desire taboos, and - astonishingly – other languages. This goal has also encouraged Freud to investigate and confront the complicated reality of herself: her German Jewish ancestors, her professors, the great brains of the exiled persons who reared her – and the exiles she herself later pursued.

The book also honors the work of Jacques Tornay, a French-language Swiss poet whom Freud regards as a spiritual brother – and a gateway back into her own French and symbolist inspirations. Hiddensee is named after the Baltic island where Annie Freud's grandmother spent her summers before the war. Hiddensee, with its unselfconscious internationalism and amazing cultural breadth, gives a genuinely European and multilingual vision to challenge the current era's cultural narrowness and closing borders and establishes Freud as one of the most important poets.

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Author: Annie Freud
Link to read: goodreads.com/book/show/56611823-hiddensee

This magnificent collection of literature on love and marriage is also the ideal present for couples and wedding guests alike, providing crucial inspiration for wedding readings. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a collection of beautiful clothbound pocket-sized classics with foiled borders and ribbon markers. These lovely books are ideal as presents or treats for any book enthusiast. Becky Brown is the editor of this edition.

This lovely anthology is loaded with readings that can brighten any wedding celebration. Some of the finest authors and poets, like Elizabeth Barrett Browning, E. E. Cummings, and Katherine Mansfield, have written poetry about falling in love, happy prose about marriage, and wise words about commitment. It's an inspirational book that addresses the problem of deciding what to read at weddings and marriage celebrations.

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Author: Becky Brown
Link to read: goodreads.com/book/show/57663848-wedding-readings-and-poems

My Darling from the Lions, Rachel Long's much-anticipated debut collection of poetry, addresses guilt, love, and healing through her intimate lyrical voice. Each poem tells a vivid narrative about family oddities, the pitfalls of courting, the hold of religion, or sexual awakening — stories that are emotionally astute, politically conscious, clever, amusing, and absurd all at the same time.

Long proves herself to be a razor-sharp and creative voice on the polarizing topics of sexual politics and cultural heritage. But it's her refreshing dedication to the force of the individual poem that will have the reader turning the pages with bated breath: this is urgent, wide-awake poetry that entertains royally without surrendering a note of its urgency or astonishing skill.

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Author: Rachel Long
Link to read: goodreads.com/book/show/53004048-my-darling-from-the-lions