The title of this richly textured book derives from two of the three mysterious letters left by Emily Dickinson–the ones addressed to "Dear Master." Lucie Brock-Boido has imagined a series of letters echoing devices found in Dickinson’s own work. "We feel we are in the presence of something entirely new, " says Bonnie Costello in The Boston Review. "Not even Brock-Broido’s wonderful first book, A Hunger, prepares us for this bold encounter."
About The Master Letters
The title of this richly textured book derives from two of the three mysterious letters left by Emily Dickinson–the ones addressed to "Dear Master." Lucie Brock-Boido has imagined a series of letters echoing devices found in Dickinson’s own work. "We feel we are in the presence of something entirely new, " says Bonnie Costello in The Boston Review. "Not even Brock-Broido’s wonderful first book, A Hunger, prepares us for this bold encounter."
LUCIE BROCK-BROIDO (b. 1956) was the author of four poetry collections, A Hunger, The Master Letters, Trouble in Mind, and Stay, Illusion. She long served as Director of Poetry in the School of the Arts at Columbia University and was the recipient of awards from the John… More about Lucie Brock-Broido
About Lucie Brock-Broido
LUCIE BROCK-BROIDO (b. 1956) was the author of four poetry collections, A Hunger, The Master Letters, Trouble in Mind, and Stay, Illusion. She long served as Director of Poetry in the School of the Arts at Columbia University and was the recipient of awards from the John… More about Lucie Brock-Broido
