THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY prides itself on its history of bringing new literary talents to light--new authors featured in our pages just in the past fifty years have included Jane Smiley, Joyce Carol Oates ...
Emily Dickinson is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. But that wasn’t always the case. When her poems became public after her death in 1886, they drew criticism ...
Viewed as reclusive and eccentric, Emily Dickinson's mysterious nature was often misunderstood during her lifetime. Delve into her intertwined view of love and death to see beyond the myth, exploring ...