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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
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Merion
Pennsylvania
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