by Martha Ackmann
@MarthaAckmann
An engaging, intimate portrait of Emily Dickinson, one of America’s greatest and most-mythologized poets, that sheds new light on her groundbreaking poetry.
On August 3, 1845, young Emily Dickinson declared, “All things are ready” and with this resolute statement, her life as a poet began. Despite spending her days almost entirely “at home” (the occupation listed on her death certificate), Dickinson’s interior world was extraordinary. She loved passionately, was hesitant about publication, embraced seclusion, and created 1,789 poems that she tucked into a dresser drawer.
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New Books Network
Martha Ackmann, “These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily Dickinson” (Norton, 2020)
4/28/20 56 min
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