The Emily Dickinson Collection 2021 compiles some of the bestknown works of an icon of American poetry. Out of nearly twothousand poems discovered after her death less than a dozen appeared in print during Dickinsons lifetime. Drawn from such influential posthumous volumes as Poems 1902 and The Single Hound 1914 The Emily Dickinson Collection captures the spiritual depths celebratory heights and impenetrable mystery of Dickinsons poetic gift. Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate Whose table once a Guest but not The second time is set. Deeply aware of the fleeting nature of fame Dickinsonwhose reputation in life was as a lonely eccentric who rarely if ever left homeseems to provide some clarity as to why publication so often eluded her. Having published just ten poems in her lifetime Dickinson continued to write in solitude until her final years. Her final word on fame is a warning perhaps for poets whose fate would differ from her own Men eat of it and die. Despite her admonishing tone she found space elsewhere to muse on the nature of literary achievement recognizing that obscurity could incidentally produce the conditions for a poet to produce their most vital work Success is counted sweetest By those who neer succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Throughout her life Emily Dickinson showed a profound respect for the mysteries of worldly existence. In her poems this creates an atmosphere of prayer and contemplation a search for something beyond the simple answers Some things that fly there be Birds hours the bumblebee Of these no elegy. Amid such fleeting things she catches a glimpse of eternity. This edition of The Emily Dickinson Collection is a classic of American poetry reimagined for modern readers. Since our inception in 2020 Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while mai