On what I imagine would be a dark day, November 9th, 1928, the dark, intelligent, and brilliant mind known as Anne Sexton was born in the small town of Newton, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Mary Gray Staples Harvey and Ralph Churchill Harvey. Anne was raised in a prosperous middle-class family. Anne was the baby of the family, and was always in the dire need of attention, but was often neglected. As her oldest sister matured, Anne saw her become her father's favorite, and her other sister Blanche, became known as the smart child of the family. When Anne was six years old, her family moved to Wellesley, Mass. where she attended numerous public schools from the time she was 6 until the age of 17.

Though Anne grew up in a nice household with an influential mother, her family was very dysfunctional. Anne Sexton's father was a nice man...