On the train through Massachusetts, I think of Emily Dickinson. So here are countless poets—from Elizabeth Bishop, Barbara Guest, Robert Creeley to Susan Howe—reading, talking about Emily Dickinson. In between, Portishead, Björk, SOPHIE, Faye Wong. Dickinson’s lines live on.
Reading Room: My Life had stood a Loaded Gun w/ YUN QIN

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PlayReading Room: My Life had stood a Loaded Gun w/ YUN QIN
[Talk] [Trip Hop] [Alternative Rock]Susan Howe - Reads Emily Dickinson’s letter, St. Mark's Church, 1979
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Portishead - It’s a Fire
Barbara Guest - Discusses Emily Dickinson with John Ashbery, 1977
Elizabeth Bishop - Talks about Emily Dickinson, 1979
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Portishead - Pedestal
Jarboe - Warm Liquid Event (feat. Larry Seven)
Rae Armantrout - Lecture on Emily Dickinson at the Kelly Writers House, 2000
Susan Howe - Reads Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for Death”
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Sweet Trip - Air Supply
Robert Creeley - Reads Dickinson’s "Ambition cannot find him" and "Success is counted sweetest”, 1985
Karen Edwards - Reads Dickinson’s “With thee, in the Desert -“, St. Mark's Church, 1979
Madeleine Keller & Vicki Hudspith - Reads Dickinson’s "I'm ceded - I've stopped being Theirs -" St. Mark's Church, 1979
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SOPHIE - OOH
Susan Howe - Discusses Emily Dickinson with Charles Bernstein, 1995
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Björk - Cocoon
Barbara Guest - Reads “3 am Amagansett” and “Biography”, St. Mark's Church, 1979
Faye Wong - 迷魂記
Robert Creeley - Talks about Dickinson’s “My Life Had Stood — a Loaded Gun“, 1990
Susan Howe - Reads Dickinson’s “My Life Had Stood — a Loaded Gun“, 1998
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Library Card - Local Newspaper
Susan Howe - Reads from “My Emily Dickinson”, 1995
Madeleine Keller & Vicki Hudspith - Reads Dickinson’s "I would not paint - a picture -“, 1979
Susan Leites - Reads Dickinson’s "She rose to His Requirement", 1979
Charles Bernstein - Reads Dickinson’s "There is a solitude of space”, 1979
Madeleine Keller & Vicki Hudspith - Reads Dickinson’s "He showed me Heights I never saw —“, 1979
Susan Howe - Reads Dickinson’s "Strong Draughts of Their Refreshing Minds", 1979
Charles Bernstein - Reads Dickinson’s "I cannot live with You”, 1979
Madeleine Keller & Vicki Hudspith - Reads Dickinson’s "He fumbles at your Soul”, 1979
Jan Heller Levi - Reads Dickinson’s "Wild nights - Wild nights!", 1979
Virginia Terrace - Reads Dickinson’s "Two Butterflies went out at Noon", 1979
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Rachika Nayar - It's Change (ft. Willy Siegel, Katie Dey & Julianna Barwick)
Naomi Replansky - Reads Dickinson’s “The Soul Selects Her Own Society” and “After Great Pain”
Susan Howe - Reads Emily Dickinson’s 1883 letter to Susan Dickinson, St. Mark's Church, 1979
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