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Deborah Landau Reads Anne Sexton

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Honoring Anne Sexton with a Birthday Tribute

The selected poem 'Little Girl, My String Bean, My Lovely Woman' by Anne Sexton is chosen in honor of what would have been her 90th birthday. The poem reflects on the daughter growing up, transitioning into womanhood. The speaker marvels at the passage of time and the distance between them, expressing a mix of familiarity and estrangement.

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