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“However vivid they might be, past images and future delights did not protect Sylvia from the present, which "rules despotic over pale shadows of past and future". That was Sylvia's genius and her Panic Bird- her total lack of nostalgia. She had no armor. This left her especially vulnerable in New York, where she was removed from the context of her life, severed from that reassuring arc.”

Depression Anxiety Nostalgia Tunnel Vision

Book:Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

Source: Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

“For years I wondered what was her curious power, her ability to attract all kinds of people to her and to use them for her own ends, often with their knowledge. i think it was that people liked watching and being with someone who enjoyed life as much as Sylvia seemed to enjoy it. She squeezed all the juice from the orange, or, to change the figure, drained the cup to the leaves, the very dregs.”

Power Life And Living Attractions

Book:Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

Source: Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

“For the next nine months, Sylvia would report on campus trends, politics, tastes, style. It was an honor, but it was grueling. Sylvia was overworked. She had boyfriend problems. She longed for Europe. She broke her leg in a skiing accident. Her best friend, Marcia Brown, had gotten engaged and moved off campus - other girls were away on their junior year abroad. The whole campus seemed mired in some bleak haze- there were suicide attempts, abortions, disappearances, and hasty marriages. Sylvia coped with shopping binges in downtown Northhampton- sheer blouses, French pumps, red cashmere sweaters, white skirts, and tight black pullovers - clothes more suited to voguish amusements than studying. Everyone wanted to be one of Mademoiselle's guest editors, but Sylvia needed it - some shot of glamour to pull her out of the mud.”

Work Sylvia Plath Worn Down Bleak And Dreary Environment

Book:Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

Source: 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!”

Beauty Fashion Aesthetics Classics Purist

Book:Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

Source: Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

“Perhaps some guest editors would keep Ethel and Julius Rosenberg in their peripheral vision. But Sylvia recognized their execution as the most extreme and gruesome example of McCarthy's red-baiting paranoia.”

Paranoia Mccarthyism The Rosenbergs Execution

Book:Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

Source: Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

“The serious Sylvia was agonizing over the execution of the Rosenbergs and McCarthyism; others were delighting to dream over trousseau lingerie at Vanity Fair's showroom.”

Paranoia Mccarthyism The Rosenbergs Execution

Book:Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

Source: Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

“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]”

Attention Lack Of Love Lacking Depth

Book:Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953

Source: Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953