“Sylvia had begun her month in New York with princessy pomp and fanfare….Her departure on June 27 was entirely different. She left New York shaken, depleted, and utterly alone.”
“Sylvia had begun her month in New York with princessy pomp and fanfare….Her departure on June 27 was entirely different. She left New York shaken, depleted, and utterly alone.”
Elizabeth Winder
“Her romances often seemed like dalliances; she enjoyed male company and blossomed in its presence, but she did not appear to care deeply about any of the men [Steiner]”
Elizabeth Winder, Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953“You may discover that the very aspects which make it most unendurable are what gives New York its meaning. Its inconsistencies and anonymity, its seeming indifference to you and every other individual is really what makes it a safe haven for individuals everywhere (Maeve Brennan)”
Elizabeth Winder, Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953“New York is unruly, tangled. The city woos first, then mangles, then pastes back together in a fresh, dazzling mosaic.”
Elizabeth Winder, Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953“I suppose that was an example of close attention to detail that is common to writers and artists. It is imperative, whether consciously or not, that one observe the vast as well as the infinitesimal in order to create the image or choose accurate words that ring true.”
Elizabeth Winder, Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953“Judgement is so often a thwarted, frustrated expression of envy.”
Elizabeth Winder, Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953“All year long Sylvia had been trying to overthrow her guileless, college girl image. She knew "cottons with big full skirts and university personalities" would have looked hopelessly naive in New York. Sylvia wanted to be hard and urban.”
Elizabeth Winder, Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953“Sylvia’s inherent appreciation for beauty as both artist and consumer is evident in her journals and letters…….she wrote beautifully about clothes. She wrote about them with irony and wit mixed in with all the rococo prettiness.”
Elizabeth Winder, Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953“These were the new girls of New York- complete with rapid heartbeats from too much nicotine and coffee. They were nervous and fluttery but completely alluring- the new face of urban femininity.”
Elizabeth Winder, Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953“New clothes left Sylvia reeling with happiness. For Sylvia, a shopping list was a poem. She always shopped alone - it suited her deliberate nature and the artistic joy with which she approached all things aesthetic.”
Elizabeth Winder, Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953“And is not all of life material- based on the material- permeated by the material? Should not one learn, gladly, to utilize the beauty of the fine material? I do not speak of the gross crudities of soporific television, of loud brash convertibles and vulgar display- but rather of grace and line and refinement- and there are wonderful and exciting things that only money can buy, such as theater tickets, books, paintings, travel, lovely clothes- and why deny them when one can have them? The only problem is to work, to stay awake mentally and physically, and NEVER become mentally, physically, spiritually flabby or over complacent!”
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