Discover her journey from childhood to adulthood, her struggles with mental illness and her love of dalmatians. Linda gray sexton is the daughter of the late poet anne sexton, who struggled with mental illness and suicide attempts She shares her own story of growing up in a violent and unstable family, and how she survived a suicide attempt at age 64. 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 The following is an excerpt from this interview. She has written four novels, and her first memoir searching for mercy street was published to critical acclaim.
Linda gray sexton was born in newton, massachusetts in 1953.  Linda graduated from harvard in 1975 with a degree in literature She has published four novels Linda gray sexton is a novelist and memoirist who lives and writes in san francisco In 1994, she published her first memoir, searching for mercy street My journey back to my mother, anne sexton, in which chronicled her experience growing up as the daughter of poet anne sexton
