Emily dickinson envelope poems

Emily Dickinson’s The Gorgeous Nothings offers an incredible inquiry into the material practice of Emily Dickinson’s poetry and an argument for why we should take not just the visual culture of poetry into account, as so many new editions of Dickinson’s poetry do, but also the materiality—as both constraint and possibility. The Gorgeous Nothings, from […]

Hannah loaned me this book months ago and I finally had time to read it this week. I have always felt indifferent to Dickinson but this may change my mind. The Gorgeous Nothings is the most elegantly printed monograph of worn paper and text that I have ever seen. Who wouldn't be enthralled with a page that reproduces aged paper resembling shark's teeth or an arrowhead flake? The excerpts below focus on Dickinson's interest in birds as their migrations away from the Midwest in the fall are…

Emily Dickinson envelope poem

The Gorgeous Nothings: Emily Dickinson's Envelope Poems Man, I love this book. I got it for Christmas a year or two ago, but only really dug into it this week. It’s executed so well — these envelope...

One note from One Bird Is better than A Million Word – A scabbard Needs Has – holds But one Sword - Emily Dickinson

Historians said they were just friends

Read 480 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Another gorgeous copublication with the Christine Burgin Gallery, Emily Dickinson's Envel…