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18: The Enigma of Emily Dickinson (Part 1)

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The Enigma of Emily Dickinson

Next time on Creative Codex, Emily Dickinson shuts her door on the world. In that room she begins to write obsessively for 10 remarkably productive years perfecting hundreds of poems. We will explore how she did it, why she did it and we will meet the singular woman who becomes the center of her affections - Susan Gilbert. Lastly, we will trace the evidence that Emily left in her poems, and new research that points toward the illness that caused Emily to go into seclusion.

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