Blackberrying | Compare and Contrast
1960s: Confessional poetry is popularized as poets such as Sylvia Plath, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Lowell, and Anne Sexton write freely and openly about sex, drugs, and their various neuroses.
Today: Confessional poetry is a staple of poetry workshops and literary magazines and journals. Its prose cousin, the literary memoir, is also extremely popular.
1960s: The Women’s Movement gathers steam as groups such as the National Organization for Women and the Women’s Equity Action League are formed to pursue equal opportunity under the law for women....
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