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From: The Washington Post
Date: 20010520
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Emily Dickinson. Just the whisper of her name can cause suited men to clear their throats and college coeds to shuffle their feet. What to say about a literary icon, one who invites readers of her work with the question "Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat?" All those fierce packets of poems (each a "Letter to the World"), a few sheets of folded stationery, sewn into little booklets and stored in a box, waiting to be delivered upon the event of her death -- who could possibly describe her, presume to comprehend her?

Even more outrageous: Who would presume to mention her in the same breath ...

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