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.