Emily Dickinson’s poetry is remarkable for its tightly controlled emotional and intellectual energy. The longest poem covers less than two pages. Yet, in theme and tone, her writing reaches for the sublime as it charts the landscape of the human soul.

A true innovator, Dickinson experimented freely with conventional rhythm and meter, and often used dashes, off rhymes, and unusual metaphors. These techniques strongly influenced modern poetry. Dickinson’s idiosyncratic style, along with her deep resonance of thought and her observations about life and death, love and nature, and solitude and society, have firmly established her as one of America’s true poetic geniuses.

An invaluable guide to the art and mind of Virginia Woolf, "A Writer's Diary" was collected by her husband from the personal record she kept over a period of twenty-seven years.

Included are entries that refer to her own writing and those that are clearly writing exercises, accounts of people and scenes relevant to the raw material of her work, and finally, comments on books she was reading.

The first entry is dated 1918 and the last, three weeks before her death in 1941. Between these points of time unfolds the private world - the anguish, the triumph, the creative vision - of one of the great writers of our century.

In My Mother's House & Sido, Colette explores the enchanting themes of childhood, family, and the profound influence of her mother. Sido, a vibrant and lively woman, cherished cities, music, theater, and books, yet devoted herself wholeheartedly to her village, Saint-Saveur, her garden, and above all, her children. Particularly, her youngest, whom she affectionately called Minet-Chéri.

Unlike Colette's other works, Gigi and Chéri, which delve into the complexities of sexual love, this book centers on a powerful, nurturing woman in late-nineteenth-century rural France. It beautifully conveys the impact Sido had on her community and her daughter, who grew up to become a renowned writer.