One of American’s most distinctive poets, Emily Dickinson scorned the conventions of her day in her approach to writing, religion, and society. Hope Is the Thing with Feathers is a collection of her vast archive of poetry to inspire the writers, creatives, and feminists of today.

Hardcover, 336 pages, 2019.

7.3 x 5.3 in.

Part of Amy Sherald's Reading List

Sherald is deeply engaged with literature. She often has chosen titles that quote or riff on lines of poetry and prose. Examples include Hope Is the Thing with Feathers (from Dickinson’s poem of the same title); Listen, you a wonder. You a city of a woman. You got a geography of your own (from Clifton’s poem “what the mirror said”); and There Is No Charm Equal to Tenderness of Heart (from Austen’s novel Emma).