My Emily Dickinson

Howe's writing style is unique. I was trying to discern for large portions of it if she was inserting her own interpretations of Emily Dickinson's poetry or--as I later suspected--if she was writing from 'her' Emily Dickinson's point of view. Her short hand ("Initial of creation. In the beginning was the word. Relation of opposition; misprison -- double meaning and uncertain.") seems to support this.