So many authors had difficult childhoods. Dorothy Parker hated her stepmom. John Berryman never got over his father's suicide. Theodore Roethke took to alcohol after his father's death from cancer and his uncle's suicide.
I have heard it said that the shortcomings may have fueled their creativity. But were they happy? The world may view these three and others as genius. I often wonder what kind of works they would have created if they overcame their struggles.
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