Some time ago I mentioned Dickenson's work to an English Lit major as an example of the kind of stuff I enjoy. I got a response along the lines that she's okay if you're into that "Dylan-Thomas-rain-in-spain genre," as if I had stated a clear preference for bud and pretzels to Cabernet and Venezualan Beaver Cheese.

I guess I didn't think it was all that great, though, until I heard Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy reciting poetry to each other on some PBS program - among them ED's "Love is not All." After that, I was pretty much hooked.


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