Credit: Flickr/Brandon. California: Pacific Coast Highway. The PCH is both one of the most famous and one the most picturesque roads in America, and with a seemingly endless array of corners, itâs almost a shame if youâre driving it with a destination in mind instead of just soaking in the journey.
The Posthumous Discovery of Dickinson's Poems. When Emily Dickinson died in 1886, she was unknown as a poet outside of a small circle of family and friends. Dickinsonâs poetic legacy consisted of almost 1800 poems, and no instructions about what to do with them.
Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and the War That Changed Poetry, Forever. The two titans of American poetry chronicled the death and destruction of the Civil War in their poems. Part of Emily Dickinsonâs traditional mystique derives from her supposed isolation from the world.