Linda gray sexton was born in newton, massachusetts in 1953 How difficult it has always been to declare myself a writer at all—yet there have been nine books on which my name appears as the author Over two hundred or so of my “linda’s letters,” and a number of essays in substack now. 2,440 likes · 44 talking about this Memoirist, novelist, consultant, editing, bespotted (now in paperback!), sailboats, vineyards,. In october 2018, news broke that zachary turpin and erin singer had discovered previously uncollected poems by anne sexton
The poet’s daughter, linda gray sexton, tells the story in an interview with fugue, a literary journal begun in 1990 at the university of idaho, where turpin teaches. She is the daughter of the pulitzer prize winning poet, anne sexton, and has edited several books of her mother's poetry and a book of her mother's letters, as well as writing a memoir about her life with her mother, searching for mercy street My journey back to my mother, anne sexton. My duties as anne sexton’s literary executor, which began with creating an inventory of her papers and finding them a permanent home in a worthy university library, culminated with painful decisions about how much of her private life, including several instances of incest, was to be revealed. She has written four novels, and her second memoir, half in love, was published by counterpoint in january 2011. Linda gray sexton is an acclaimed author and memoirist whose writing delves deeply into the complexities of family, mental health, and personal resilience
