A review by afardo
The Complete Poems by Maxine Kumin, Anne Sexton

4.0

A journey into darkness but worth the time. Sexton was a troubled creature with a magnificent and poignant voice that slices through your false ideas about mental illness, being a woman, love, and spirituality. Her struggle is so honestly threaded through her verse that her very soul hangs between the lines and stanzas. You may not love her anger but you will love her humanity. A lesson to be had...