Emily Dickinson

The Gorgeous Nothings

Facsimile texts of handwritten manuscripts revealing poetic composition process

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Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson

American poet who spent most of her life in Amherst Massachusetts and published almost none of her nearly 1800 poems during her lifetime. Her slant rhymes, dashes, and compressed metaphysics make her one of the most original poets in English.

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