Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry
When Emily Dickinson died at her home in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1886, she left a locked chest with hand-sewn notebooks and papers filled with nearly 1,800 unpublished poems. Four years… Read More →
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