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Heather Clark is an American writer, literary critic and academic. Her biography of poet Sylvia Plath, Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath, was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize.
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the LA Times Book Prize in Biography. * A New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year * WINNER of the Truman Capote Prize for Literary Criticism * WINNER of the Slightly Foxed Prize for Best First Biography.
“Red Comet,” a mammoth new biography by Heather Clark, aims to rescue the poet from the clichés that have dominated her afterlife and secure her status as a major American writer.
Oct 29, 2020 · With Heather Clark’s new biography, “Red Comet,” clocking in at more than 1,100 pages, the Plath cup runneth over. It’s exactly this transference that makes a Plath biography challenging.
- Jessica Ferri
Combining rigorous research with in-depth literary analysis and immersive style, Heather Clark’s magisterial book not only traces Plath’s influences and inspirations, but also chronicles her often-tumultuous relationships with respect and empathy.
Heather Clark is a professor of contemporary poetry and a biographer of Sylvia Plath. She has written books on Plath's life, influence, and legacy, as well as on the Ulster Renaissance poetry movement in Belfast.
Jan 11, 2021 · Heather Clark is a writer and poetry professor who has written a new biography of Sylvia Plath, correcting the popular image of her as a victim or a madwoman. She discusses her research, her thesis, and her admiration for Plath's strength and talent in this interview.
