“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.” ParanoiaMccarthyismThe 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.” ParanoiaMccarthyismThe Rosenbergs Execution Book:Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 Source: Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953