Emily Dickinson was a profound poet but most of her works were published after her death in 1886. This collection of poems ...

But Dickinson remained shrouded by obscurity ... when her sister Lavinia found 40 hand-sewn manuscript books crammed with Emily’s writings – that her work reached the public.

From a previously unpublished letter in The Letters of Emily Dickinson, which is out next month from Harvard University Press. to unknown, late january 1878 Dear friend. We recollect you,… ...

Although Emily Dickinson's poetry wasn't appreciated until after her death in 1886, her baking skills were much appreciated during her life. She was an excellent baker, winning second place in a ...

Often ranked in the upper echelon of American poets, Emily Dickinson is also one of the more mysterious figures in American literature. Famously reclusive, and incredibly reluctant to publish her ...