Emily Dickinson On NPR July 6, 2010

Hello Classmates and Pete,

I splurged for my birthday this year and finally got an I-Phone. I've been coveting them for a couple of years now, but couldn't justify the expense while my Blackberry still was functional. Fortunately my Blackberry realized it was my birthday (probably because it was tired of hearing me bemoaning the aging process) and decided to stop charging it's battery. This forced me to take the leap into the I-Phone world. OK...I wasn't exactly forced, but instead of signing a new two year contract with a phone I wasn't that excited about, I decided that it would be better to the the I-phone now.

One of my favorite features so far with this little magic box is Pod Casts. I can listen to these while I'm working in my little whack-a-mole cube and it makes my day seem just a little bit more interesting. I started with Dan Carlin's Hardcore History, then moved on to Bill Maher. After that I found Bill Burr. (Must have been stuck on Bill's that day). I decided after listening to Bill Burr I needed to wash my brain out with soap, so I found NPR's Fresh Air. That did the trick!!

The first show was on Emily Dickinson. The first interview is with Bill Collins. He has an interesting perspective on how her life influenced her writing. The second interview is with Lyndall Gordon. "Gordon says that several of those unaltered poems offer clues about why Dickinson rarely left her home: She may have had epilepsy." It's neat to hear people that are a fan of her work discuss her work. And these two people are clearly fans.

Here is the link to the show. You can listen to the show without a little magic box, all you need is a computer and some speakers or headphones.

http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=7-6-2010



I hope everyone is having a fabulous summer.

Tamara