Broken Spine Social Club
Literary Heartache: The Trysts, Triangles, and Tragedies of Literary Couples
11 Feb 2025
It could be said that all writing has to do with matters of the heart, and that is certainly the case for three of literary history’s best known creative couples: Truman Capote and Perry Smith, Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, and Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Today, in honor of Valentine’s Day, we’ll explore the trysts, triangles, and tragedies of these literary couples, whose passionate love affairs and heartaches have become perhaps more infamous than the words they wrote. TIME STAMPS4:06: Truman Capote and Perry Smith12:38: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes21:55: Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley🎧 to Broken Spine Social Club podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast fix INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bsscpod NEWSLETTER: https://blottingpapers.substack.com SHOP BOOKS OF THE POD:https://bookshop.org/lists/books-of-the-podLiterature, literary history, writers, writing life, In Cold Blood, True Crime, Truman Capote, poetry, Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, Mary Shelley, gothic literature, Frankenstein, Romantic poets, books, book club, history
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