My Emily Dickinson

About this book

My Emily Dickinson does more than just explore Dickinsons life and poetics although it does that expertly. It falls in line with a tradition of books of poets writing about poets who have intensely figured into their conception of poetry. This is more personal than a biography in that it is a writers concern with Dickinsons place in history and what she was trying to do with her poetry. Howe does a wonderful job of trying to get into the poems through playing with language. Its a place to meet Dickinson as a lover of games and words.