Why Did Anne Sexton Write The Truth the Dead Know?
Anne Sexton remains one of the most haunting voices in modern American poetry. Her work dives deep into the private world of emotion, grief, madness, and memory. She wrote in a confessional style that laid bare the inner struggles many were afraid to name. Among her most powerful poems is The Truth the Dead Know, written in the wake of a deep personal loss. In this poem, Sexton...