麻豆社

麻豆社 Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the 麻豆社's radio poetry archive.

'Consorting with Angels' features troubled model and successful poet, Anne Sexton. Despite the glamour life, Sexton was a haunted figure who suffered from mental illness. Like Sylvia Plath, Sexton also wrote verse which reflected her tormented inner life, and about women's issues. And like Plath, she eventually committed suicide.

This personal look at her life and work is told by Anne's daughters and those who knew her. Using home recorded material made available by the family, we also hear actors voicing the transcripts of psychiatric counselling sessions between Anne Sexton and Dr Martin Orne.

Producer: Charlotte Austin

First broadcast on Radio 4 in January 2010.