Anne Sexton A Self-Portrait in Letters Author:Sexton and Ames Anne Sexton's poetry was "confessional", more so perhaps than that of any of her contemporaries, for it grew directly from the anguish and joy she felt so powerfully in her life. But the poetry told only part of the story, and perhaps inevitably as her fame grew, the image of Anne Sexton the person-the wife, daughter, mother, woman, friend. — Th... more »is book shows Anne Sexton as she really was in private, as she wrote about herself to family, friends, fellow poets, and students. Judiciously selecting from among thousands of her letters, and adding comments of their own when necessary, Linda Sexton and Lois Ames have let her describe her life in her own inimitable words.« less