Lit Hub Daily: August 21, 2026
In 1762, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu came into the world. Her perspective on grief was uniquely shaped by the ghost of Sylvia Plath, who once said, "Although we may want to flee from what makes us afraid, it’s so often that these ghosts are the only ones who can help us move through the spaces of discomfort and pain."
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