She wrote another memoir, half in love Surviving the legacy of suicide, published in 2011, and erica jong has written linda sexton’s beautiful book is a cry for health and sanity. Learn about the life and work of linda gray sexton, who wrote novels, memoirs and edited her mother's poetry 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.
She has written four novels, and her first memoir searching for mercy street was published to critical acclaim. Memoirist, novelist, consultant, editing, bespotted (now in paperback!), sailboats, vineyards, writing, dogs, and proud daughter of. 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 an author dedicated to sharing her thoughts and ideas through writing books, articles, and essays
Get in touch with her today. 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 In 1980 i decided i would seek out a biographer. Linda gray sexton tried multiple times to kill herself—even though as a daughter, sister, wife, and most importantly, a mother, she knew the pain her act would cause But unlike her mother’s story, linda’s is ultimately one of triumph. My published works include “bespotted
Surviving the legacy of suicide,” and many more Grab a copy of my books! Little, brown & company, 1994 Anne sexton’s poetry was “confessional,” more so perhaps than that of any of her contemporaries, for it grew directly from the anguish and joy she felt so powerfully in her life But the poetry told only part of the story, and perhaps as inevitably as her fame grew, anne sexton the poet came to obscure anne sexton the person—the wife, daughter, mother, woman, friend Alexander sexton freund, beloved son of linda gray sexton and john g freund, died of a long illness on the first of this last september
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. Written in 1979, between two worlds took a major and controversial look at a new generation of young women… by exploring in intimate detail the lives of fifteen women born between 1945 and 1955, who were maturing just as feminism accelerated across the country, the book concludes that—contrary to popular media representation—“liberation” had been no panacea Blog, family, life, the emotional side tagged with Addiction, amotherslove, emily dickinson, family, happiness, hope, linda gray sexton author, linda gray sexton newsletter, love, peace, sobriety have a comment or feedback 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 In her second memoir, half in love My name is linda gray sexton, and i love spending time every day with words and fitting them together I hope my words may pass some of this serenity on to you If you are interested in additional information about my work, sign up for my newsletter today. Gray sexton was finally gaining her independence and the cycle seemed to have been broken, when in an ironic turn of events, anne asked/insisted that linda be her literary executor.
