Considering the general fascination for Sylvia Plath and how The Bell Jar has been discussed here, I thought I'd mention for those interested (and not aware) last Saturday's excerpts in The Times (of London) from Hughes' "bolt-from-the-blue" book of poems: http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/98/01/17/timopnedt01002.h tml?1724812 ObSalinger: Some may well draw some parallels between the first poem and possibly JDS vis-a-vis Maynard?