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    <body><![CDATA[Oh, Sylvia. Thank you for showing me that talent isn't the same thing as genius, and how some people have to struggle for the former until they fall into the latter. And how is it that you were just as effective at throwing me headlong into writing now, at 24, as you were at 15 when I had never befo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25339347">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'll qualify my review by first saying that I love Sylvia Plath's work.  I really do.  Her poetry is magnificent in it's incisiveness.<br/><br/>Her short stories, however, are a bit hit-and-miss.  A few, like the title story, All the Dead Dears, The 59th Bear and others are really quite good, and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22684764">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm the biggest Sylvia Plath fan and this book of her short stories is excellent. Each one draws from her life experiences but it's Sylvia's imagination and engaging writing style that give them a pulse. <br/><br/>The title story, Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams, is a particularly good one th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65201274">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I just love Sylvia! It's awesome to see her early short stories, because you can really see how she developed as a writer. Oh, those turns of phrase! Oh Sylvia. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[9/22/08<br/><br/>Wikipedia says Plath is known for &quot;her uncanny use of metaphor&quot; and I would have to say that's a very accurate statement. Plath is a brilliant writer. I haven't read her poems because I'm the most incompetent idiot when it comes to poetry, but The Bell Jar is one of my f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40614510">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Nice short stories, nice poetry, nice journal entries. Recommended for fans of Plath, not necessarily for those who are new to her work.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Plath can make a short story about anything and make me feel like I'm there all the same. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The short stories in this book are very different form Plath's other works.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[oooooh, more sylvia!]]></body>
    
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