Contemplative, Melancholy, Primal, Psychological, Representational, Tragic, Violent, Voluminous

PennSound offers the kind of luxury that, soon upon its discovery, feels indispensable. It is a mammoth source of audio recordings – readings, interviews, sound art – both new and preserved, headed by the eminent Charles Bernstein and Al Filreis. The site is inclusive despite its natural tenden

Absurd, Expansive, Experimental, Grand, Huge, Pioneering, Sophisticated, Voluminous

Sylvia Plath, one of the best-known names in American women's literature, signed her first and her last books with pseudonyms. A poet since childhood, she published her debut volume "A Winter Ship" relatively late, in 1960. After studying at Smith College and later at Newnham College in Cambridge (a

Confessional poetry, Death, Feminine, Grotesque, Melancholy, Primal, Voluminous, Women's literature