# 712: A Discussion of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, with Rachael Tillman!

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## Resource

In this week's show, Rachael Tillman and I discuss The Bell Ja r, in part 3 of our series on Sylvia Plath. If you are keen, check out the previous installments: episodes 685 ( The Colossus and Other Poems ) and 693 (Emily Van Duyne's Loving Sylvia Plath ).

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