Live or Die (poetry collection)

Live or Die is a collection of poetry by American poet Anne Sexton, published in 1966.

[1] The poems, written between 1962 and 1966, are arranged in the book in chronological order.

[1] Their subjects are Sexton's troubled relationships with her mother and her daughters, and her treatment for mental illness.

[1] The collection includes the poems "And One for My Dame", "Sylvia's Death", "Consorting With Angels" and "Wanting to Die".

[2] The book won the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

First edition (publ. Houghton Mifflin )