Websites
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This short New York Times article discusses the one place Dickinson went, even in her reclusive days. So there, everybody.
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This is super-sweet: a searchable database of all the strange words Dickinson used in her poems.
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Test your Dickinson knowledge (and indulge your inner teacher's pet) with this fun quiz.
Video
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Check out slow-motion footage of a hummingbird. Awesome stuff.
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One scientist in this PBS documentary calls hummingbirds among "the most elite athletes of the animal world."
Audio
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Actress and Dickinson fan Julie Harris reads from Dickinson's letters and poems.
Images
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Check one out in all its be-jeweled glory.
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Stop and smell the poems. Here's a slide-show from a recent exhibit on Dickinson's flower poems at the New York Botanical Garden.
Historical Documents
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In this letter we see the original draft of "A Route of Evanescence." This is basically how we know the poem is about a hummingbird!
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Here's her written version of "I Heard a Fly Buzz."
Books
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Check out contemporary poet Susan Howe's book on what Dickinson means to her.
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Get all of her poems right here.
Movies & TV
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This is filmmaker Jim Wolpow's strange documentary on the poetess.