The Selected Letters of Emily Dickinson

An essential new selection of Emily Dickinson’s correspondence, offering an unparalleled window into the world of a strikingly original American poet.

Emily Dickinson was a letter writer before she was a poet. While her letters often contain poems, and some consist entirely of a single poem, they also constitute a rich genre all their own. Over the course of her lifetime, she sent more than 1,300 letters—alternately humorous, provocative, affectionate, and philosophical—to members of her ext...