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the Plath Diaries
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Blog following the adventures of an Irish PhD student studying the life and work of Sylvia Plath. Information, photos and close looks at Plath's writing (poetry, prose and stories for children) as well as additional pieces on graduate life, careers and the trials and tribulations of being an Arts/Humanities student in Ireland and the UK.
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Personal musings: Visiting Plaths grave

In March 2009, I turned 24. As a birthday present, some of my dearest friends (who had coincidentally moved to the Manchester area post-University) and I decided to embark on a trip to Heptonstall, Y...

20 may 12

Tutoring and teaching Plath

The academic semester is almost over for undergrad students. The libraries are filled with stressed looks, sighs of exasperation and furrowed brows over late night coffees from the Klix machine. Stud...

14 may 12

Deadlines whooshing by!

I have to admit, aside from the genuine love I have for all things Plath, and all things Literature-related in general, the overhanging worry of unemployment is definitely one of my Top 5 most-though...

10 apr 12

Plath on Pinterest!

Never one to miss out on the latest internet craze, The Plath Diaries has joined Pinterest! Follow me to view a growing collection of pictures related to Sylvia Plath :)

04 apr 12

Sylvia Plath Interdisciplinary Masterclass at Oxford

This coming July 2nd-6th, 2012 sees the University of Oxford host what will be a fascinating interdisciplinary masterclass on Sylvia Plath. "Finding a Voice: Sylvia Plaths Poetic Landscapes"&...

21 mar 12

I Heart the 1950s

When you embark on a Ph.D., you kind of enter a surreal kind of existence. Your brain is permanently occupied by your research subject matter, leaving your outer shell to deal with the challenges of ...

16 mar 12

How do we read Sylvia Plath?

Well my resolution to blog every two weeks has well and truly gone out the window! February has been a busy month for me. I’ve started teaching undergrads and begun the task of “really writing” my Ph...

29 feb 12

CFP: Irish Association of American Studies

The wonderful organisation who helped make my research trip to Smith College possible are having their annual conference in the beautiful city of Cork in April, 2012. Please see the Call For Papers b...

13 jan 12

Haven House & Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all! My resolutions are wide and varied, from daydreams of losing weight and giving up the occasional cigarette to the more academic wishes. The main hope I have in regards to work ...

02 jan 12

Sylvia (and me) at Smith College.

This post will talk a little more about my recent research trip to view the Plath archives at Smith College, Northampton, Mass. The two main institutions that hold Sylvia Plath archives are Smith Col...

06 dec 11

Visiting the Sylvia Plath Archives: Northampton, MA

The past few weeks have been so hectic, this has honestly been the first evening Ive had time to sit down and blog. I got back from my research trip to the Plath archives over two weeks ago. Back to ...

13 nov 11

Reflections on today.

Today was quite a difficult day at the archives. Since last Tuesday, I had focused most of my energy on looking at Sylvia Plaths poems. I went through every single one, noting different versions, dif...

08 oct 11 1 person likes this

Hello from Smith College!

Greetings from Smith College on this beautiful autumn day (Mountain Day to be exact!). I landed in the USA two weeks ago and after a few days of pretending to be city cool in New York City, I made my...

06 oct 11

Return.. and Smith College Information!

After a few weeks of neglect, I have finally come home to my blog! And better yet, I return with good news: my re-submitted chapter was given the stamp of approval by the Head of my Graduate School a...

17 sep 11

Wordlegs

The newest issue of Wordlegs magazine has just been released online. Featuring original works by contemporary Irish writers, Wordlegs is a brilliant read and I would recommend you all to stop by - an...

17 aug 11

Music is my solace.

My summer of hell continues! On the bright side of things, I feel that my supervisor and I have reached a place of Zen, where we are on the same plateau. I am enjoying a lot of the reading Im doing a...

11 aug 11

Hell.

My dramatically-titled blog post is a little in jest.. but at the same time, my PhD is driving me utterly insane. My motivation levels are at level zero because for the past three weeks I have done n...

21 jul 11

Plath Profiles #4

The wonderful new issue of "Plath Profiles" has just been published online. This issue features academic and student essays, poetry and photographs relating to Sylvia Plath and is definitely ...

06 jul 11

Plath at Mademoiselle Magazine, 1953.

My friend Katie left a link to a Plath photo on Facebook today. I thought it was too nice not to share the picture on my blog! For those of you who own Sylvia Plaths Unabridged Journals, this picture...

20 jun 11

Picking up the pieces and moving on.

Well I am officially post-Viva now and what better day to start blogging again than Bloomsday! This day is not only important to literature because of its Joyce connection but Bloomsday 1956 was the ...

16 jun 11

Brief Update

Ive been a very bad blogger recently. Currently working very hard in preparation for my upcoming Viva. The scary perfectionist in me is beginning to emerge. Im currently working on analysing certain ...

24 may 11

Exciting news! Personal life and thoughts on Assia..

I made a reference in my last entry to some exciting news in the world of my Plath PhD so Im just going to cut straight to it: I have been awarded a Travel Grant which will allow me to visit Smith Co...

09 may 11

Workspaces

I have been a very busy Plath student as of late. Getting everything prepared for my Transfer of Status is proving stressful but Ive just sent off an email laden with attachments to my supervisor. He...

29 apr 11

Conference Survival!

Ive had such a busy weekend, but the conference I had been working for is now over and I think it went as well as it could have. I presented my paper and it ran well in terms of time and was received...

20 apr 11

Conference fashion

Apologies for the lack of updates in the past few weeks. Ive been completely swamped with chapter drafts, travel funding applications and writing up papers. Things are progressing as well as they can...

14 apr 11

Book Review: The Other Sylvia Plath

There are so many books out there on Sylvia Plath, each with their own story to tell and their own agenda to put forward. Its fair to say that for even a hardened Sylvia Plath fan, the quest to read ...

31 mar 11

Jamaica Plain perfection!

Sylvia Plaths poetry is littered with references to the sea and the ocean. She begins the short story "Ocean 1212-W" (from Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams) with the following: "My ch...

20 mar 11

The "substanceles s blue" time of day

Its safe to say I have definitely entered another level of commitment to my PhD. Its becoming an obsession. I find myself getting up early, not exactly the very early "substanceless blue" pre...

16 mar 11

Poem of the Day: The Thin People

They are always with us, the thin peopleMeager of dimension as the gray peopleOn a movie-screen. TheyAre unreal, we say:It was only in a movie, it was onlyIn a war making evil headlines when weWere s...

14 mar 11

Sylvia Plath: The Spoken Word

Ellie Russell from the British Library sent me a CD copy of Sylvia Plath: The Spoken Word a few weeks ago. I put it in my ipod and have been taking long beach walks listening to the poetry and interv...

13 mar 11

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