New York Times article titled "ANNA [sic.] SEXTON DIES, PULITZER POET, 45"
New York Times article titled "ANNA [sic.] SEXTON DIES, PULITZER POET, 45"
Dated October 5th, 1974. A New York Times article titled “ANNA [sic.] SEXTON DIES, PULITZER POET, 45’ that details the death of Anne Sexton, a poet that Rukeyser was compared to in terms of the content of their poems.. Suffering from “deep melancholy” or depression, Sexton was recently divorced from her husband, Alfred, and had two daughters, Linda and Joyce. The death was either natural causes or suicide. She was found in an idling car parked in her garage.