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Emily Dickinson liked to shock people. She liked to break rules. There was a kind of rebellious freedom in her inner world.

Christopher Benfey

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Christopher Benfey
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 28
Anglicist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Poet
Writer
Merion
Pennsylvania
Liked
Inner
Rules
Break
Freedom
Dickinson
Kind
Emily
World
Rebellious
People
Shock

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