The Secret Life of the Secret Life of Emily Dickinson: Queen Recluse
Mark Traphagen | March 13, 2011
Following Carlo’s death, Emily becomes a “hermit in [her] father’s house.” Though the behavior terrifies and disgusts her, she seems powerless in its grip.



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Mark Traphagen (aka Foolish Sage) is a lover of dark beers and darker music, of things that are but are not as they seem, of contexts taken out of context to become new contexts, of stories that point to a bigger Story. Mark lives in Durham, NC, with his wife and pet Macbook Pro. He has two married daughters and six grandchildren, and works by day for