This Is the Light of the Mind: Selections from the Sylvia Plath Collection of Judith G. Raymo

With meticulous care, Judith G. Raymo presents an impressive array of Sylvia Plath's published and personal writings. As Raymo notes in her inciteful introduction, Plath's journals, when read in tandem with her correspondence to her mother, her friends and her family "provide us with an abundant record of a writer's interior and private life and its many turning points." This catalogue expands on an exhibition held at the Grolier Club and includes, in addition to Raymo's inciteful introduction, an essay by the award-winning biographer of Plath Heather Clark.