Nicholas Hughes, R.I.P.

Quite a while back I wrote a post about Ted Hughes and his poetry, specifically the Crow poems. I also wrote that he was married to Slyvia Plath, a famous poet herself who also published one novel, The Bell Jar. She committed suicide one month after its publication. A commenter wrote that some blame Hughes for her death. Now their son, Nicholas Hughes, has committed suicide at 47. This Op-ed about Nicholas Hughes was written by Linda Gray Sexton, daughter of Anne Sexton, another famous poet who also committed suicide. In it Linda Gray Sexton confesses she has also attempted the deed.