A Farewell to Sylvia

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Kelly Sedinger

Well, voting has closed on my inaugural “Make Me Read!” poll, and it wasn’t even close. Sylvia Plath got stomped. I guess there are no fans of hers among my readers? Or maybe people just think that Hemingway is better. Who knows — but The Bell Jar got a single lone vote, while A Farewell to Arms got fourteen. So, Hemingway it is. Bring him on! And thanks for voting. The next poll will appear when I finish Arms, and thus begin GGK’s Tigana.

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4 Responses to A Farewell to Sylvia

  1. JPDeni says:
    March 22, 2009 at 1:54 pm

    I’m the only one to vote for The Bell Jar, huh? Well, as I said, it’s not an easy read. I find Plath to be much more satisfying than Hemingway’s simplicity, but others obviously don’t.

    Enjoy the book!

  2. Anonymous says:
    March 22, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    The Bell Jar is one of those books that You read to do a Book Report on that will WOW your High School Teacher

    DavidS

  3. Call me Paul says:
    March 22, 2009 at 11:59 pm

    I thought I was the one who voted for The Bell Jar. Maybe your poll isn’t working too well. But I wasn’t voting honestly. I was thinking more of subjecting you to punishment. ‘Cause I’m a dick like that.

  4. Anonymous says:
    March 25, 2009 at 2:28 am

    Read Sylvia Plath’s powerful poem on suicide:

    http://textflows.com/Plath_Lady_Lazarus

    Composed 4 months before her death.

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