"Bitter Strawberries" is a book consisting of forty-one poems and one short story. The poems are similar in structure and subject matter to that of Sylvia Plath's "Colossus." The short story, "Illuminating Lives, " is a work of autobiographical and biographical material. The fictional part involves Jen having been cast as the lead role of Sylvia Plath for a local play.
"Bitter Strawberries" is a book consisting of forty-one poems and one short story. The poems are similar in structure and subject matter to that of Sylvia Plath's "Colossus." The short story, "Illuminating Lives, " is a work of autobiographical and biographical material. The fictional part involves Jen having been cast as the lead role of Sylvia Plath for a local play.