Considering how many recent TV and film adaptations of her life there have been, you might think Emily Dickinson was one of the most famous poets of her time. Quite the contrary, though. Dickinson was ...

A week after Emily Dickinson died in 1886, her younger sister Lavinia opened drawers in the reclusive poet's bedroom and found a veritable treasure trove: nearly 1,800 poems, meticulously crafted by ...