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Women's Poetry Anthology
Women poets past and present rally together to speak about the experience of womanhood, of poetry through the eyes of a woman, and of the struggles, triumphs, and joys of their lives.
Featuring poems by Emily Dickinson, Emma Lazarus, Lady Gregory, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, The Whore of Quality, Sappho, Gertrude Stein, Whitney Coy, Casey Lawrence, Linda Rosewood, Holly Payne-Strange, Alice Duer Miller, Victoria Mineva, Alexandria Tannenbaum, Bailey Grey, Judity Skillman, Tamara Holman, Fiona Richardson, Barbara Ann Meier Holtz, Ellen S. Romano, Pulkita Anand, Suzanne Morris, Elsa Gidlow, Tara Schaubert, and Judy Clarence.
Featuring poems by Emily Dickinson, Emma Lazarus, Lady Gregory, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, The Whore of Quality, Sappho, Gertrude Stein, Whitney Coy, Casey Lawrence, Linda Rosewood, Holly Payne-Strange, Alice Duer Miller, Victoria Mineva, Alexandria Tannenbaum, Bailey Grey, Judity Skillman, Tamara Holman, Fiona Richardson, Barbara Ann Meier Holtz, Ellen S. Romano, Pulkita Anand, Suzanne Morris, Elsa Gidlow, Tara Schaubert, and Judy Clarence.
143 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 20, 2025
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Emily Dickinson
1,316 books7,006 followersEmily Dickinson was an American poet who, despite the fact that less than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime, is widely considered one of the most original and influential poets of the 19th century.
Dickinson was born to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence.
Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime.The work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Dickinson's poems are unique for the era in which she wrote; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation.Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two recurring topics in letters to her friends.
Although most of her acquaintances were probably aware of Dickinson's writing, it was not until after her death in 1886—when Lavinia, Emily's younger sister, discovered her cache of poems—that the breadth of Dickinson's work became apparent. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1890 by personal acquaintances Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, both of whom heavily edited the content.
A complete and mostly unaltered collection of her poetry became available for the first time in 1955 when The Poems of Emily Dickinson was published by scholar Thomas H. Johnson. Despite unfavorable reviews and skepticism of her literary prowess during the late 19th and early 20th century, critics now consider Dickinson to be a major American poet.
For more information, please see http://www.answers.com/topic/emily-di...
Dickinson was born to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence.
Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime.The work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Dickinson's poems are unique for the era in which she wrote; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation.Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two recurring topics in letters to her friends.
Although most of her acquaintances were probably aware of Dickinson's writing, it was not until after her death in 1886—when Lavinia, Emily's younger sister, discovered her cache of poems—that the breadth of Dickinson's work became apparent. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1890 by personal acquaintances Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, both of whom heavily edited the content.
A complete and mostly unaltered collection of her poetry became available for the first time in 1955 when The Poems of Emily Dickinson was published by scholar Thomas H. Johnson. Despite unfavorable reviews and skepticism of her literary prowess during the late 19th and early 20th century, critics now consider Dickinson to be a major American poet.
For more information, please see http://www.answers.com/topic/emily-di...
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October 4, 2025
I have three poems in this book, and recommended another, but I would love this anthology even I wasn't self-interested. I was dubious when I heard that some guy in NYC was putting together an anthology of women's poetry, but the man has taste. Most of us spend hours reading recommendations from our feed, admit it. This handy little book of poems is curated for quality. You can keep it in your bag to read on the train, bus, or waiting room. In the best world, someone will notice the cover, and ask you to read one out loud. And you will, and more people will hear you reading a great poem, and they will ask for another. And then someone will remember a poem they know, and give it to the growing circle of people, hungry for these words of wisdom and art, and then the circle will open, and each person, enlivened by women's poetry will return to their lives, and remember that moment for the rest of their lives.
September 15, 2025
Some absolute BANGERS in here, check out the full press release:
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