Emily Dickinson

pen4hire on November 17th, 2009

Destination: New England
Books and Play: The Belle of Amherst by William Luce; The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by Thomas H. Johnson; and a Recipe
Autumn makes me think of New England, and New England makes me want to get out The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. In a former life, I played Emily in [...]

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