62 - Black Cake: Emily Dickinsons Hidden Kitchen

Published: Jan. 10, 2017, 1:33 p.m.

Black cake, gingerbread, slant rhyme, secret loves, family scandals, poems composed on the back of a coconut cake recipe \u2014we journey into the\xa0steamy, myth-laden, hidden world of poet Emily Dickinson through her kitchen. In her lifetime, Emily was probably better known as a baker than a poet.

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Filled with mystery, intrigue and readings by Patti Smith, Thornton Wilder, Jean Harris and an array of passionate poets and experts.