By comparison, Emily Dickinson’s known epistolary output (1,304), written for a tighter circle of correspondents, seems measly. Yet she, too, appreciated the value of speedy delivery.

Have Emily Dickinson's famous poems ever inspired ... and tranquility in the Berkshires for 13 years. There, he found inspiration to write acclaimed works like Moby-Dick and Bartleby the Scrivener.

In a brilliant new book, “Natural Magic,” Renée Bergland brings Emily Dickinson and Charles Darwin ... into poetic inspiration. Bergland zooms in on the famous final paragraph of Darwin ...