Liar Liar Poet On Fire

Refer to the list on the left entitled, "The Cycle of Books". I lied. Am not currently reading The Good Earth, but instead reading Anne Sexton's Biography.

Which is, I must say, NOT as well written as Seabiscuit. Which was PHEEFUCKINOMINAL. Loved it.

So, Middlebrook isn't doing as good of a job on Sexton. In fact I think in some cases she's branching out into dangerous territory by giving her opinion of the facts. I don't really care about her opinion of Sexton's psychological state, unless it is substantiated by an expert or a witness. If it is she has not provided the reader with that info, which is really starting to irritate me.

Beyond that, boy was Sexton one messed up chick. She sounds like a woman I would avidly try to avoid. She's dead now though, so that takes some of the pressure off.

I guess what really bugs me is that Middlebrook presents Sexton's childhood as, "oh poor me, my dad was an alcoholic and I had a nanny instead of a mother". Grow up. Who doesn't have something wrong with their childhood? In case you haven't noticed we don't exactly live in Utopia. However I realize that Sexton viewed herself as a victim, so in some ways the book HAS to be written in this tone.

Sexton was gifted and also my favorite poet, this pretty much solidifies certain characteristic traits, such as insanity and alcoholism. So why am I bitching again? Nobody made me read this damn book so I'm just going to shut up now.