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A compilation of Emily Dickinsons correspondence t o her sister-in-law Susan Gilbert Dickinson. Never before available as one body of work, these letters show the collaborative process that Dickinson used in writing poems; they show that Emilys relationship with Susan was primary throughout her life; they expose the scholarly censoring and silencing of this relationship and of the meanings of Dickinson's poems. The book presents for the first time this great American poet as a sensual woman, funny, playful, engaged in the world around her as well as in the passion that consumes her and that is reflected in her poems. The book includes original letters with annotations, twenty-four facsimiles, an introduction by Dickinson scholars Martha Nell Smith and Ellen Louise Hart offering biographical, historical, and critical information. An index and bibliography will also be included.

"Only occasionally does a book appear that if read and noted can alter our views forever. OPEN ME CAREFULLY is such a book...."

Rebecca Seiferle, Calyx, Summer 2000

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