Great Regulars: "When gossip grows old,"

the Polish writer Stanislaw Lec said, "it becomes myth." In the case of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, the myth made by gossip has long obscured the art made by a couple of poets. That's a pity. It's a pity not only because many people might enjoy the poetry if they were to read it on its own merits, rather than for the customary vicarious frisson, but also because many people might not enjoy it.

from David Orr: The New York Times: Love, Your Ted

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