A closer look at Ariel: a memory of Sylvia Plath

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Nancy Hunter Steiner's collection offers a deeply intimate meditation on Sylvia Plath's poetry. The title itself — "A closer look" and "a memory" — suggests the kind of slow, careful reading that Plath's work demands, and the kind of reflection that the poems provide in return. Steiner engages with Plath's Ariel not as a distant literary object but as a living presence, and the result is a collection that feels less like a tribute and more like a conversation.\n\nPublished by Harper's Magazine Press in 1973, this edition has stood the test of time. The poems are spare and precise, capturing both the brilliance and the heartbreak of Plath's voice. For anyone who has found solace or understanding in Plath's work, this collection is a necessary companion — a way to hold Plath's poetry at arm's length while still letting it in close. The EPUB edition makes these moving poems accessible on any device.

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