Aurelia Plath Biography

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

"Be Sure That You Conform to the Rules"

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The student handbook from Aurelia’s alma mater divided its rules into sections: Rules College Rules Dormitory Rules Miscellaneous College ...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2022

The Movie of Letters Home (1986): Four Stars Out of Five

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Letters Home (1986) Directed by Chantal Akerman In French with English subtitles. 104 minutes Playing on Mubi.com ; free viewing with...
Tuesday, April 12, 2022

A Photo of Otto's First Wife and In-Laws

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Here is a family photo of Otto Plath's first wife, Lydia Bartz, with her sisters and their mother Mathilde Kluck Bartz, taken near their...
Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Who Am I? Your Host Tells All

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Paying my respects at the William S. Burroughs centennial, St. Louis. I am Catherine Rankovic, living in Missouri USA within driving distanc...
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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Otto Plath Was "A Good Boy, But a Poor Businessman"

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This Berkeley newspaper classified ad is so over-thought and overwrought it first made me laugh. Otto Plath, “Going East” in May 1914, offer...
Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Where Aurelia Plath Went to College

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Voyeur Arthur Inman lived across from Aurelia's all-female college, its campus here portrayed in its handbook, 1932. Boston University i...
Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Aurelia Plath Vowed Not to Make Her Kids Do This

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Aurelia at 18 worked "the summer after high school [1924] in an insurance company, typing dull form letters eight hours a day five and ...