American poet Anne Sexton could tell a story that would elicit tears. And yet, her words hold the ring of truth as well as the hollow toll of misery and despair. Just when the sense of her lines seems unbearable, the poetry of them hooks into the reader's veins and persists there. Sexton, a Confessio

Anxiety, Confessional poetry, Dark, Death, Feminine, Melancholy, Moody, Visceral, Women's literature

Victoria Wylie grew up in Westport, Connecticut. She graduated from Staples High School and attended The Stella Adler Studio of Acting. She is currently pursuing a career in both theatre and film in New York City.

Action & adventure, Beat poetry, Classical architecture, Confessional poetry, Dystopia and its discontents, Film noir and neo-noir, Gothic architecture, Imagism, Minimalist architecture, Surrealist literature, Swiss intentions, Urban