Kaufman also studied mental illness among this sample – from the Reuters article:
“What I found was pretty consistent with the death finding actually, female poets were much more likely to suffer from mental illness (e.g., be hospitalized, commit suicide, attempt suicide) than any other kind of writer and more likely than other eminent women,” he said.
“I’ve dubbed this the ‘Sylvia Plath Effect.”‘
So, Ricky – cut back on the haiku, ok?