Publication Archives

A timeline of every publication, minor and major, that Sylvia Plath achieved as she toured her literary career. They are in chronological order and may be missing bits that I was unable to wrangle; take it with a grain of salt. If there is no indicated type of piece in parentheses, you can assume it was a poem published. *Currently being revised for inaccurate info.

This is arranged like so: Publication Title | "Name of Piece" 2025

--(unless it is a book).

Boston Herald | "____" 1941

Seventeen | "And Summer Will Not Come Again" 1950 (short story)

Mademoiselle | "Mad Girl's Love Song" August 1953

The Lyric | "Apotheosis" January 1956

Gemini | "The Stones of Troy by C.A. Trypanis" August 1957 (book review)

Grecourt Review | "All the Dead Dears" November 1957

Smith Review | "Admonition" April 1959

The Christian Science Monitor | "Above the Oxbow" May 4, 1959

Arts in Society | "Aftermath" October 1959

The Atlantic Monthly | "A Winter Ship" 1960

"The Colossus and Other Poems" 1960; Alfred A. Knopf

"The Bell Jar" 1963; William Heineman, Ltd.

London Magazine | "The Applicant" January 1963

Death on February 11th, 1963; all posthumous going forward

London Magazine | "Stings" April 1963

The New Yorker | "Among the Narcissi" August 3, 1963

The New Yorker | "Amnesiac" August 3, 1963

"Ariel" 1965; Faber and Faber

"Uncollected Poems" 1965; Turret Books, limited, 150 copies

Times Literary Supplement | "An Appearance" January 20, 1966

Cambridge Review | "Aerialist" February 7, 1969

"Wreath for a Bridal" 1970; The Sceptre press, limited, 100 c.

The Crystal Gazer | "Alicante Lullaby" 1971

"Winter Trees" 1971; Faber and Faber

"Lyonesse" 1971; Rainbow Press, limited, 400 c.

"Fiesta Melons" 1971; Rougement Press, limited, 150 c.

"Crystal Gazer and Other Poems" 1971; Rainbow Press, limited, 400 c.

"Crossing the Water" 1971; Faber and Faber

"Child" 1971; Rougement Press, limited, 300 c.

The New Yorker | "The Arrival of the Bee Box" March 6, 1971

The New Yorker | "Apprehensions" March 6, 1971

"Pursuit" 1973; Rainbow Press, limited, 100 c.

"Letters Home by Sylvia Plath, Correspondence 1950-1962" 1975; Harper and Row

"The Bed Book" 1976; Faber and Faber, Harper and Row

"Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams" 1977; Faber and Faber (short stories)

"The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath" 1981; Harper and Row

"The Journals of Sylvia Plath" 1982; Dial Press

"The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, 1950-1962" 2000; Random House

A yellowed old copy of Ariel. Poems by Sylvia Plath. "From the introduction by Robert Lowell 'In these poems, written in the last months of her life, and often rushed out at the rate of two or three a day, Sylvia Plath becomes herself, becomes something imaginary, newly, wildly, and subtly created..............'"

The spine and cover of two editions of The Colossus and other poems. One is ornate and the other is plain and green.

The spine and first page of a proof copy of The Bell Jar. There's the signature of someone scrawled on the top. "(Not for sale) Uncorrected Proof Copy The Bell Jar Victoria Lucas A new exciting young novelist, A young woman's violent struggle towards her identity, A demanding book (though easy to read on the surface), Not everyone will like it, Publication ____ 3.363 - probably 16s.

{{ Source I, Source II, Source III

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