Comments on: Touching and Melting, Nowhere: Sylvia Plath’s “The Night Dances” http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/20670/touching-and-melting-nowhere-sylvia-plaths-the-night-dances.html Home of the magazine, the books, and the conference Mon, 20 May 2013 07:45:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: This Week's Top Ten Poetic Picks - Tweetspeak Poetry http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/20670/touching-and-melting-nowhere-sylvia-plaths-the-night-dances.html#comment-29032 This Week's Top Ten Poetic Picks - Tweetspeak Poetry Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:02:03 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=20670#comment-29032 [...] otherwise read, like this poignant account of the writer’s visit to a library housing various writings and artifacts of Sylvia Plath. The article by Emma Komlos-Hrobsky brings some humanity back to our view of a poet who, [...] [...] otherwise read, like this poignant account of the writer’s visit to a library housing various writings and artifacts of Sylvia Plath. The article by Emma Komlos-Hrobsky brings some humanity back to our view of a poet who, [...]

]]> By: The Cult Of Sylvia | The Penn Ave Post http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/20670/touching-and-melting-nowhere-sylvia-plaths-the-night-dances.html#comment-27188 The Cult Of Sylvia | The Penn Ave Post Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:58:32 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=20670#comment-27188 [...] Plath at Indiana University, which houses many of the poet's artifacts, Emma Komlos-Hrobsky succumbed to an impulse common to "Plath people": Plath, like no other poet, has been idolized and [...] [...] Plath at Indiana University, which houses many of the poet's artifacts, Emma Komlos-Hrobsky succumbed to an impulse common to "Plath people": Plath, like no other poet, has been idolized and [...]

]]> By: Miss Pam http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/20670/touching-and-melting-nowhere-sylvia-plaths-the-night-dances.html#comment-26191 Miss Pam Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:50:49 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=20670#comment-26191 A lovely piece. Thank you. A lovely piece. Thank you.

]]> By: Carl Rollyson http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/20670/touching-and-melting-nowhere-sylvia-plaths-the-night-dances.html#comment-25743 Carl Rollyson Sun, 02 Dec 2012 01:37:55 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=20670#comment-25743 I really enjoyed the poem and the commentary. What strikes me about the poem is the voice itself, unpinned by biography, but it took a lot of hard work to get to that voice, and it is the work of biography to help show how Plath managed to write such poems. Even when she was writing about herself she was also getting out of herself, out of the strictly autobiographical. And I say that as one of Plath's biographers. I really enjoyed the poem and the commentary. What strikes me about the poem is the voice itself, unpinned by biography, but it took a lot of hard work to get to that voice, and it is the work of biography to help show how Plath managed to write such poems. Even when she was writing about herself she was also getting out of herself, out of the strictly autobiographical. And I say that as one of Plath’s biographers.

]]> By: Waffle-Wednesday http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/20670/touching-and-melting-nowhere-sylvia-plaths-the-night-dances.html#comment-25658 Waffle-Wednesday Sat, 01 Dec 2012 06:54:15 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=20670#comment-25658 I love poetry, and see life through poetic lenses, but perhaps have overlooked Plath because of the hype, and the suicide, and worried that I would get morose or sad. I tend to see things in the beautiful. I see there is plenty of that. I definitely need to read more Plath! I love poetry, and see life through poetic lenses, but perhaps have overlooked Plath because of the hype, and the suicide, and worried that I would get morose or sad. I tend to see things in the beautiful. I see there is plenty of that. I definitely need to read more Plath!

]]> By: Sherri http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/20670/touching-and-melting-nowhere-sylvia-plaths-the-night-dances.html#comment-25608 Sherri Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:23:12 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=20670#comment-25608 Beautiful and thoughtful. Thanks for your insights. Beautiful and thoughtful. Thanks for your insights.

]]> By: jmc http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/20670/touching-and-melting-nowhere-sylvia-plaths-the-night-dances.html#comment-25561 jmc Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:50:42 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=20670#comment-25561 This honest and artful article has inspired me to read more Plath again. This honest and artful article has inspired me to read more Plath again.

]]> By: Shelley http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/20670/touching-and-melting-nowhere-sylvia-plaths-the-night-dances.html#comment-25528 Shelley Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:54:53 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=20670#comment-25528 Every line, perfect or close to it. But I feel sorry for her kids. Every line, perfect or close to it.

But I feel sorry for her kids.

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