Another procrastination post, I'm afraid. I'm deep in research over why Emily Dickinson did not publish, just in case you wanted to know.

This is my first real look at Dickinson-there are just some things that slip past you-like how some people graduated college and never in their school years had to read The Scarlet Letter.

I've found that by reading someone's biography, I think I'm more apt to then at least appreciate their work; I feel more connected to them and have an idea of why they wrote what they did. So from this standpoint, I'm glad we started with a section of My Wars are Laid Away in Books: The Life of Emily Dickinson.

Here is a little bit of Emily herself; some of her words I found intriguing for 1840 and today:

"But the world is sleeping in ignorance and error, sir, and we must be crowing-cocks, and
singing-larks, and a rising sun to awake her; or else we'll pull society up to the roots, and
plant it in a different place. We'll build Alms-houses, and transcental State prisons, and
scaffolds-we will blow out the sun, and the moon, and encourage invention. Alpha shall
kiss Omega-we will ride up the hill of glory-Hallelujah, all hail!"

I've also had to work with Hamlet a lot. I'm still getting used to appreciating Shakespeare. It takes me a little while. Though, I did appreciate finding that Amanda's roommate has a slight fixation with Mystery Science Theater 3000, and the Hamlet version of that was quite hilarious:) (Even if laughing at it made me a little bit of a nerd.)

Back to work I go...