Selected Poems (Emily Dickinson)

Why it’s on the list: A short selection of Emily Dickinson’s poems — the Dover Thrift edition in the photo.

Where I heard about it

• @athenaeumbc — one of ~35 old books in a stack photographed by Athenaeum Book Club (October 2026) under the line “One of the hidden benefits of reading old books is that they rescue you from the arrogance of the present.” The full stack is listed on One of the hidden benefits… (tweet).

Connections

• Emily Dickinson — author.
• One of the hidden benefits… (tweet) — the stack it came from.