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MONOLAND
JOE RATTERMAN
ORANGES
KATE BEAVER
JEFFREY BALDRIDGE
DEATH
Son of poet Sylvia Plath takes own life after'battling depression for some time'
BY HILLEL ITALIE
Associated Press
When Nicholas Hughes was in his early 20s, his father, poet Ted Hughes, advised him on the importance of living bravely.
"The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated." Hughes wrote to his son, who committed suicide at 47 last week at his home in Fairbanks, Alaska, 46 years after Nicholas' mother, poet Sylvia Plath, killed herself.
"And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all."
From the time that Plath died, in 1963, Ted Hughes had tried to protect and strengthen their children, Frieda and Nicholas, from their mother's fate and fame. He burned the last volume of his wife's journals, a decision strongly criticized by scholars and fans, and waited years to tell his children the full details of Plath's suicide.
And only near the end of his own life, in his "Birthday Letters" poems, did he share his side of modern poetry's most famous and ill-starred couple.
"What I've been hiding all my life, from myself and everybody else, is not terrible at all. Though you didn't want to read it," he wrote to Nicholas in 1998, months before Ted Hughes died of cancer.
"And the effect on me, Nicky, the sense of gigantic, upheaval transformation in my mind, is quite bewildering. It's as though I have completely new different brains. I can think thoughts I never could think. I have a freedom of imagination I've not felt since 1962. Just to have got rid of all that."
"But I tell you all this." Hughes added, "with a hope that it will let you understand a lot of things. ...
Don't laugh it off. In 1963 you were hit even harder than me. But you will have to deal with it, just as I have had to."
Nicholas Hughes, who was not married and had no children, hanged himself March 16, Alaska State Troopers said. He was a man of science, not art, the only member of his immediate family not to become a poet. A fisheries biologist, he spent more than a decade on the faculty of the University of Alaska Fairbanks as a professor of fisheries and ocean sciences. Marmian Grimes, the university's senior public information officer, said he left about a year ago.
Hughes' older sister, poet Frieda Hughes, issued a statement through the Times of London, expressing her "profound sorrow" and saying that he "had been battling depression for some time."
"His lifelong fascination with fish and fishing was a strong and shared bond with our father," Frieda Hughes wrote. "He was a loving brother, a loyal friend to those who knew him and, despite the vagaries that life threw at him, he maintained an almost childlike innocence and enthusiasm for the next project or plan."
Nicholas Hughes graduated from the University of Oxford in 1984 and received a master's of arts degree from Oxford, in 1990, before emigrating to the United States and getting a doctorate from the University of Alaska.
Hughes' family history was an "urban legend" that was passed around from student to student. But it was a subject no one discussed with him, said Kevin Schaberg, a former student in a fish ecology class taught by Hughes.
"It was obviously something he did not want to talk about," said Schaberg, who added that he knew Hughes struggled with depression. "I never brought it (his family) up. He never brought it up."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Famous poet Sylvia Plath committed suicide in 1963. Plath's son Nicholas, who was 47, committed suicide over the weekend at his home in Fairbanks, Alaska.
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
HOROSCOPES
Find a quiet place to hide out and contemplate your situation.
Take along plenty of paper and pencils so you can draw up your ideas. Amazing things happen when you open up to your muse.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Today is a 7
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Your friends keep you motivated, inspired and laughing. Get together to brainstorm. One great idea leads to another, over and over again. Create your own world of possibilities and fun.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is an 8
New opportunities are opening up for the next couple of days. Some involve tasks you've never done before. This is not a problem. You thrive on that stuff. You're a quick study.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
Get out of your cage and fly around a little bit. You should be pretty sick of your regular routine by now. Keep your eyes open for treats to take back to the ones who stayed behind.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
This "having fun" thing suits you just fine. You could make it into a career. Don't waste your resources, however. That can cut your trip short. Stretch every penny just as far as it will go.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7
There are some things you have to hire done, but it can be a frustration. Of course, you could do it better yourself, if you were three people. Get the best person you can afford.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 7
Focus on your work with enthusiasm. You can get more done in one day than you have in the previous week. Well, maybe not all by yourself. The help others provide makes the difference.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 7
You can make time in your busy day for something your sweetheart wants. Find out what it is, if you don't already know.
Just call and ask. That alone will bring in more brownie points.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21)
Today is a 7
A disruption at home causes you to make a tough decision. Don't pitch a fit if this isn't the timing you had in mind. You planned to do this someday and, apparently, someday is here.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.19)
Today is a 7
You're a quick study and amazingly inventive now. Develop your skills and you can save a lot. Besides, you'll have a marvelous sense of satisfaction and self-confidence.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.18) Today is an 8
Some costs are higher than expected. Other things you'll get on sale for unbelievable discounts. It's hard to make projections. Do the best you can and make corrections as you go along.
Did you know that Pisces is the sign of the genius? You're liable to have a moment of brilliant insight now. It could come at any time, so be watching for it. Write it down. Do something with it.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
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MUSIC
Cast of country stars to join tribute to Strait
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A cast of musical stars will honor George Strait as the Academy of Country Music's artist of the decade.
Acts announced Monday include Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson, Jon Faxe, Miranda
Lambert, Montgomery Gentry,
LeAnn Rimes, Blake Shelton, Lee
Ann Womack, and John Rich
The additions join previously announced guests Faith Hill, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, Taylor Swift and Sugarland.
The show will be recorded April 6 and will air on CBS on May 27.
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