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Emily Dickinson today has gaining her deserved place alongside Walt Whitman as one of the two greatest American poets of the nineteenth century. Beginning always with particulars of personal experience, her poems encompass life and death, love and longing, joyfulness and sorrow. With sparse, precise language, she conveyed a penetrating vision of the natural world and an acute understanding of the most profound human truths.
The poems included in this collection are grouped by three time periods, 1890, 1891, and 1896, and by the subjects of life, love, nature, and time and eternity.
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"She's kicking my butt. Monastic life style choice, or did she have a choice? What would she have lived in another century, girl that she was? Queen of metaphor. Porous, joyous, imprisoned recluse. She's joyous and she kind of hurts to read.... really good though!"
— Ellen (4 out of 5 stars)
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“No one can read these poems…without perceiving that he is not so much reading as being spoken to.”
— Archibald MacLeish, three-time Pultizer Prize–winning poet -
“If there were ever a poet whose work begged to be heard, it would be Dickinson.”
— Library Journal -
“Her poems are remarkable for their condensation, their vividness of image, their delicate or pungent satire and irony, their childlike responsiveness to experience, their subtle feeling for nature…their excellence in imaginative insight and still greater excellence in fancy.”
— Norman Foerster, A History of American Literature -
“‘I find ecstacy in living,’ she said to Higginson, and spoke truly, as her poems show. In an unexpected light on orchards, in a wistful mood of meadow or wood-border held secure for a moment before it vanished…in the echoes, obscure in origin, that stirred within her own mind and soul, now a tenuous melody, now a deep harmony, a haunting question, or a memorable affirmation—everywhere she displayed something of the mystic’s insight and joy.”
— Cambridge History of American Literature
Emily Dickinson Listener Reviews
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" Love her succinct lines and try to emulate her power by using the "less is more" concept. "
— Alice, 2/11/2014 -
" Emily Dickinson truly softens and expands the heart with her poetry. I love her poems! "
— Joseph, 1/25/2014 -
" Emily is good but not my favorite. "
— Michelle, 1/24/2014 -
" I love Emily's poems about life and nature. "
— Brooke, 1/20/2014 -
" This was such a pleasant read. Beautiful poetry. I found myself nodding and smiling and occasionally frowning while reading them, and that is a very good sign. I love her honesty and her bold play with words. Just wonderful. "
— Jeske, 1/18/2014 -
" the pocket classic does violence to Dickinson. One can safely say that anyone providing a positive review of this is actively harming poetry with thoughtlessness. This symbolizes what kills writing, and has no resemblance to the author's poems. Shelve it under pulp or "recycle bin." "
— Philip, 1/17/2014 -
" when i keep this book in my back pocket, it looks like i own a wallet. brenda hillman did a fine job of selecting ms. dickinson's poems. this is the most beat-up and worn-out book i own, but i'm still holding out hope it lasts forever. "
— Steven, 1/17/2014 -
" I know I've read a bunch of Emily Dickinson, but probably not everything. "
— Allison, 1/9/2014 -
" I really enjoyed a lot of these, especially many of those on love. The ones on death are poignant as well but (fortunately) don't relate closely to my life at the moment. "
— Laura, 12/26/2013 -
" My roommate also gave me this for my birthday. It's a really nice little volume of about 109 poems. Some of her best known poems are included in here, but also others that are just as good, if less studied. It's a cool little book. "
— Melissa, 12/18/2013 -
" My favourite poetess (and no wonder why). "
— Lynda, 10/26/2013 -
" just divine. "
— Jude, 10/25/2013 -
" I really love her poem, "I heard a fly buzz when I died." "
— Erin, 9/16/2013 -
" Great poetry. The use of words and the rhythm is admirable. Definitely recommended. "
— Anton, 8/29/2013 -
" Dickinson's poetry is not easy, but it is often amazing. I saw Julie Harris perform in the Belle of Amhurst and was so enthralled I couldn't stop there. "
— Irene, 7/27/2013 -
" I remember some of the poems from high school and college, but others were new to me. Nice collection. "
— Lesley, 6/3/2013 -
" Brief and beautiful nuggets of wisdom, with a few true greats. It's a tiny volume - read it in an hour or savor it for a few days. "
— Aaron, 5/20/2013 -
" The rhyming scheme just doesn't sit well with me. I enjoyed a few poems but kept sing-songing them in my head. Further cementing my theory that I only like free verse. "
— Robin, 4/5/2013 -
" Again, doesn't have to be this edition, but my Dickenson and my Wordsworth sit side by side on my shelf of necessary-to-living books. Her poetry is the most insightful and soul-wrenching use of language, and it moves me deeply. "
— Tamara, 3/2/2013 -
" I'm a big poetry fan, and Emily simply makes me happy. "
— Merna, 9/10/2012 -
" Poetry at its finest! "
— Jill, 8/4/2012 -
" With Emily Dickenson, the ultimate introvert manages the ultimate in expression. "
— Katie, 5/8/2012
About Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) was a writer whose poetry has remained popular for over a century. Little known during her lifetime, she is now considered one of the most significant poets of the nineteenth century. The first volume of her work was published posthumously in 1890 and the last in 1955. She was born in Amherst, Massachusetts.
About Mary Woods
Mary Woods began her career in Washington, DC, where she performed at Ford’s Theater, the Folger Theater, Round House, and Washington Stage Guild. She spent several seasons at New Playwrights’ Theater developing new American plays. She is a veteran narrator of Talking Books for the Library of Congress, and received the Alexander Scourby Narrator of the Year Award for fiction in 1996. Formerly a radio news director, she now hosts a daily local affairs interview program on Catholic Radio, for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. She lives in Albuquerque, where she continues to act on stage and in film. She received her BA at the Catholic University of America in Fine Arts and Drama.