Sexton, who won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967, and Plath… author of The Bell Jar and posthumous recipient of the 1982 Pulitzer for poetry, were unknown students writers…. Sexton was a troubled stay-at-home mom dabbling in poetry at her therapist’s suggestion, while Plath was just auditing.

Caleb Daniloff, for BU Today (link)