A review by tomhill
Transformations by Anne Sexton

3.0

The second half of this collection is much stronger than the first, which feels more like standard retellings of the fairy tales. The second half contains retellings that incorporate more of Sexton's confessional style and poetic language. From "Red Riding Hood":

"Those two remembering
nothing naked and brutal
from that little death,
that little birth,
from their going down
and their lifting up."