cover image Anne Sexton a Self-Portrait Pa

Anne Sexton a Self-Portrait Pa

Anne Sexton. Mariner Books, $16.95 (433pp) ISBN 978-0-395-62880-5

Linda Sexton, Anne Sexton's elder daughter and literary executor, adds a new introduction to this collection of the poet's letters first published in 1977. PW called the original edition, ``An arresting, disturbing portrait of a gifted, unstable, death-obsessed writer who never took that giant step from childhood to maturity.'' Photos. (Jan.)