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With no historical evidence for the particulars of Ovid's life, [Diane} Middlebrook relies on histories of society, politics and culture in ancient Rome, as well as the poet's writings, to draw intriguing inferences about his experiences, personality and especially his motivation to become a poet instead of a magistrate, as his father intended...In this inventive, hybrid biography, Middlebrook grounds Ovid's poetry in an insightful reconstruction of his life. --Kirkus Reviews Praise for Anne Sexton: A Biography A wonderful book, just, balanced, insightful, complex in its sympathies and in its judgment of Sexton both as a person and as a writer ... a deeply moving account. --The New York Times Book Review Judicious and canny. [Middlebrook] appreciates both Sexton's gifts as a poet and her attractive side as a human being...but looks at her destructive weaknesses with a steady eye. --Time Sympathetic but resolutely unsentimental ... intelligent, sensitive, at times harrowing. --Joyce Carol Oates, Washington Post Book World In this rich and enthralling biography of American confessional poet Sexton, Middlebrook (English, Stanford) approaches Sexton's life and work with a masterful balance of objectivity and empathy. --Library Journal Praise for Her Husband: Ted Hughes & Sylvia Plath, A Marriage Diane Middlebrook's shrewd and compelling biography ... is a book of mysteries, delicately revealed. --O Magazine A deep, rich, and satisfying biography of a marriage--harrowing and ironic, playful and grave. --The Washington Post Book World Unquestionably the best book written thus far on these complicated geniuses. --The Baltimore Sun Praise for Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton The sensitive storytelling reveals thought-provoking perspectives about gender and the traditional American family, while capturing the social history of traveling jazz bands for 40 years. --Library Journal Always scintillating, Middlebrook vividly describes the jazz scene Tipton reveled in and captures the energy and the enigma of Tipton's brilliant if confounding improvisational life. --Booklist

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Diane Middlebrook was an American biographer, poet, and teacher. She taught feminist studies for many years at Stanford University. She is best known for New York Times Bestseller Anne Sexton- A Biography, the critically acclaimed Her Husband- Ted Hughes & Sylvia Plath, A Marriage, and Suits Me- The Double Life of Billy Tipton.

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