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Podcast: New Books in Literary Studies
Episode: Book Talk 65 Emily Dickinson, with Sharon Cameron
Description: We need Emily Dickinsonâs startling originality today more than ever. This is why I sat down with Sharon Cameron, one of the greatest commentators on Dickinsonâs poetry, to explore some of Dickinsonâs poems in an extra-long podcast. âItâs astonishing that after forty years of reading Dickinson, I am still âawed beyond my errandâ by how Dickinsonâs poems let us experience something viscerally, at the edge of comprehension,â Cameron remarks in this conversation that forgoes clichĂ©s and favors critical acumen. By closely considering a few poems, Cameron explains how Dickinson speaks from placeless places and from within exp...