{"product_id":"9781529981544-open-me-carefully","title":"Open Me Carefully","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sapphic Love Letters of Emily Dickinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA long-buried love story comes to life.\u003cbr\u003eEmily Dickinson as you’ve never read her before.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmily Dickinson is one of our greatest poets. When her work was published posthumously in the 1890s, she almost instantly became a sensation. And yet, for one hundred years, her personal life was subject to censorship and misinterpretation, with little regard for her sister-in-law, neighbour and best friend: ‘dear Sue’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusan Huntington Dickinson was Emily’s first reader, her greatest critic and collaborator – and, as their correspondence shows, the true love of her life\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003eIn June 1852, Emily sent a letter to Susan with the tender instruction, \u003ci\u003eopen me carefully\u003c\/i\u003e…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImmerse yourself in these sapphic letters spanning thirty-six years and witness a love that matures to become as steadfast as a heartbeat. Gone is Emily the lonely spinster, isolated in her room; here arrives a passionate, vibrant woman who had an intense spiritual, romantic and intellectual connection with another woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited and curated by two Dickinson scholars, \u003ci\u003eOpen Me Carefully\u003c\/i\u003e includes twenty poems and a letter that had never been attributed to Susan before. It will make you laugh and it will break your heart – it is for anyone who has ever been in love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Iridescent, puzzling, explosive'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57785002885494,"sku":"9781529981544","price":11.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529981544-open-me-carefully","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}