Did Iris Murdoch write The Bell Jar? Using the same title as Sylvia Plath did? If so, one of their publishers wasn’t very diligent. I’d look this up, but I have many other Substacks to read, including your other ones. I read this one first every morning to gain some perspective in these wretched days.
Talk about predictive text. Thank you. Yes, of course. Murdoch wrote “The Bell,” which this is from, and Plath wrote “The Bell Jar,” which this is not.
You're not crazy. The email message reads "The Bell Jar". It's been changed to "The Bell" in Barry's substack format. A small oversight, but Plath would have been pissed.
Did Iris Murdoch write The Bell Jar? Using the same title as Sylvia Plath did? If so, one of their publishers wasn’t very diligent. I’d look this up, but I have many other Substacks to read, including your other ones. I read this one first every morning to gain some perspective in these wretched days.
Talk about predictive text. Thank you. Yes, of course. Murdoch wrote “The Bell,” which this is from, and Plath wrote “The Bell Jar,” which this is not.
You're not crazy. The email message reads "The Bell Jar". It's been changed to "The Bell" in Barry's substack format. A small oversight, but Plath would have been pissed.
Iris is right. You've dug your hole, found your desert island. You go to the bathroom and there's the fucking mirror... frailty enframed.