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Selected Poetry of Emily Dickinson (NYPL Collector's)
Selected Poetry of Emily Dickinson (NYPL Collector's) | Emily Dickinson
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Virtually unpublished in her lifetime and unknown at her death in 1886, Emily Dickinson stands today in the front rank of American poets. Though she lived as a recluse in her father's house in Amherst, Massachusetts, her imagination knew no bounds, ranging with utter fearlessness through a vast landscape of love, immortality, nature, joy, faith, and despair. After Dickinson's death, her sister Vinnie was stunned to discover a locked box containing over nine hundred poems - an extraordinary body of work which the poet considered her "letter to the world." This edition gathers a rich harvest of the finest of these poems, carefully selected by the staff of The New York Public Library. Arranged chronologically, they chart the development of a poetic sensibility fired by immediacy of perception and a magnificent grasp of language. Emily Dickinson and her world are further evoked here with rare manuscripts and prints drawn from the Library's special collections, including a selection of the poet's handwritten letters.
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xicanti
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I haven‘t managed to share a picture of my new reading nook on here because all its awesomest bits don‘t fit nicely in a square photo, but here‘s Casey hogging my reading chair beside my convenient book stack table.

(FYI, the awesomest bits are the pop art wall stickers above the chair, the framed lenticular Iceman comic above the table, and the lamp clamped onto the bookshelf beside the chair so I get the perfect amount of light on the page.)

UwannaPublishme 😍😍😍 2y
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RowReads1
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sprainedbrain Love it! 4y
Bette 👍❤️😷 4y
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LiteraryFeline
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One of my bookish goals this coming year is to read more poetry and books in verse.

My daughter's dance studio is putting on the ballet Le Corsaire this next summer based on a Lord Byron poem. Perhaps I'll give that a try.

Do you read poetry? What do you recommend?
#poetry #readpoetry #poetrymatters

xicanti For contemporary poets, I highly recommend Katherena Vermette, Vivek Shraya, and Marilyn Dumont. 4y
TheSpineView Lord Byron wrote numerous short poems which is a good place to start. Also you might try one of the Poem a Day collections. Then if you find a poet you like read more by them. 4y
LiteraryFeline @xicanti Thank you so much! I will definitely check them out. I have heard of Vermette, but haven't read her work yet. 4y
LiteraryFeline @TheSpineView Thank you! I signed up for a Poem a Day and look forward to reading those. I've read a bit of Lord Byron before, but it's been awhile. 4y
xicanti @LiteraryFeline she‘s phenomenal! My favourite of her books is 4y
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Brooke_H
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Panpan

Yeah, I know. Don't @ me. I am also disappointed with myself. The truth is, I've only read a tiny handful of Dickinson's poems before, all in college. I found them simple and beautiful and enjoyable. I thought this book would be just stuffed full of that. But it wasn't. I'm probably too dumb to understand her poetry. Because, well, I didn't understand a good 95% of it. I struggled through almost every poem 5-6 times, desperately trying to Get It.

tpixie I don't understand pretty either 5y
FeastOfFiction I‘m a high school English teacher and don‘t really get them either. Don‘t feel bad. I‘m not a huge poetry fan. 5y
TrishB I don‘t get a lot of it. But it‘s lovely, sounds nice and I appreciate the emotion if that makes sense. 5y
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Brooke_H I think I would enjoy a big fat biography of her so much more than her actual work. It‘s sad that she died so young and she seemed to have such a preoccupation with mortality. At least, I think she did? 5y
CouronneDhiver Poetry is weird like that... no judgement here! 👍🏽 5y
abookishbutterfly Although I am a fan of poetry, I don‘t think most of Dickinson‘s poetry really appeals to me. I do think poetry should be categorized with sub genres. It‘s the same with any kind of book. There are so many different types. As far as “getting it” goes, no one can really say for sure what was in Emily‘s heart. Perhaps the scholars don‘t get it either, no matter what their analysis of her poems may claim. It‘s all subjective perspective. 5y
Brooke_H @Butterflyamore Yes! I wish she had been published during her lifetime so we could have some direct discussion and corroboration straight from her. 5y
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Brooke_H
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Y‘all, this book is haaaaaaard. I was not expecting such a tough read! I only understand about 20% of these poems. And I think roughly 99.9% of them are about death. Or I should say—they are concerning—the Theme—of our Mortality— 😂 So...good times.

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GripLitGrl
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CoffeeK8 This is stunning in it‘s simplicity and it‘s truth 5y
GripLitGrl @CoffeeK8 🙌 🎃👻🎃 5y
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Leelee08
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🙌🏻📚🙌🏻 (found on Instagram -jolbooks)

pppooraikul Wise words! 6y
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Pagedeep
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A poem to start off the new week. By Dickinson.