Question
One book uses the cluttered apartment of this person’s former neighbor Trevor Thomas as a metaphor for the difficulty of writing biographies. Anne Stevenson’s Bitter Fame is one of the biographies of this person analyzed in Janet Malcolm’s The Silent Woman, which describes how this person’s sister-in-law Olwyn restricted access to this person’s work. Heather Clark argues against letting this person’s death shape narratives about this person’s “short life and blazing art” in Red Comet. This person’s friend (*) Al Alvarez wrote extensively about her in his book The Savage God. Robin Morgan’s poem “Arraignment” blames this person’s death on her ex-husband, who had an affair with Assia Wevill. This author’s experiences working for Mademoiselle magazine inspired a novel published under the name “Victoria Lucas.” For 10 points, name this author who fictionalized herself as Esther Greenwood in The Bell Jar. ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Milan Fernandez | The Canadians | Don't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too | 63 | 15 |
Rahul Keyal | The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.) | [moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled? | 74 | 15 |
William Golden | Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill | The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub | 74 | 15 |
Taylor Harvey | Saint Peter Andre 3000 | wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp | 79 | 10 |
Andrew Hart | BHSU | In Search of Things Past | 80 | 10 |
John Lawrence | Curse you, Periplus the Platypus! | Hang et al., Robert Browning | 82 | 10 |
Kevin Wang | I would prefer not to | remembrance of lost time | 106 | 10 |
Matt Bollinger | Team Name Think Detail | Quasicrystal Silence | 121 | 10 |
Chris Ray | Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness | Evans Hall destruction awaiters | 122 | 10 |