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I had this sense of injustice, or frankly anger, about the ways in which she had become a writer whose name was often synonymous with madness and tragedy. But I don’t necessarily believe that’s the case. It’s been drilled into my head that you need a thesis. Heather Clark: I guess I did begin with that thesis, probably because of my academic training. My question is, does biography always begin with an agenda? You already had a previous understanding of this woman’s work as a scholar, but did you begin with that thesis or did the research show you what that thesis was? Finalist: Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath, by Heather Clark (Alfred A.

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