ST. JOHNSBURY – Sunday, June 29, beginning at 4 p.m., the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum will host an Anne Sexton celebration with authors Dawn Skorczewski and Rachel Hadas.
Anne Sexton, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1967, is credited as an inventor of a new kind of “confessional” poetry. She died by suicide in 1974, after a long battle with mental illness and addiction. After an introduction to Sexton’s life and work by scholar Dawn Skorczewski, members of the audience may read her work and bring an Anne Sexton poem to share. Wine and cheese reception will follow the event. This event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public.
