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FROM EMILY WITH LOVE: A MASTER CLASS IN YEARNING

Daguerreotype of the poet Emily Dickinson, taken circa 1848.

By Monika Dziamka
Using letters and poetry as vehicles for her innermost emotions, her writing strategically expressed her desires. Though she wrote her letters surely with the intention of privacy, there was always some risk they could be discovered, which could invite a long list of devastating consequences.