A Life of One's Own - Nine Women Writers Begin Again

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by the New York Times, The Week, Vulture, Elle, and The MillionsA piercing blend of memoir, criticism, and biography examining how women writers across the centuries carved out intellectual freedom for themselves-and how others might do the sameI took off my wedding ring for the last time-a gold band with half a line of "Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath etched inside-and for weeks afterwards, my thumb would involuntarily reach across my palm for the warm bright circle that had gone.
I didn't fling the ring into the long grass, like women do in the movies, but a feeling began bubbling up nevertheless, from my stomach to my throat: it could fling my arms out. I was free.