Ted Hughes’ Lost Poem

October 8, 2010

“What happened that night? Your final night?” The New Statesman publishes poet laureate Ted Hughes’ long lost poem “Last Letter,” inspired by the suicide of his wife Sylvia Plath. Actor Jonathan Pryce gave a reading of the poem for Channel 4 News.

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