The XX Factor : suicide

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Facebooker

Meghan O'Rourke — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:26:00 GMT

Jess, I was struck by the story of Demi Moore and the allegedly suicidal tweeter, too. As you so rightly point out, tweeting to a near stranger about your plans to kill yourself shows signs of disconnect, rather than connection. In this sense, I think...(read more)

Dark Ceiling Without a Star

Dana Stevens — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:24:00 GMT

Meghan, thank you for writing something about the death of Nicholas Hughes , the son of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes who killed himself earlier this week at the age of 47. I've been unsettled by this news all week but unable to think of anything to say...(read more)

Sylvia Plath's Legacy

Meghan O'Rourke — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:34:00 GMT

I imagine a lot of you saw that a few days ago, Nicholas Hughes , son of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, committed suicide. Today, the New York Times has devoted a short commentary section to answering the question "Why the Plath Legacy Lives." To...(read more)