The Heart’s Many Doors: American Poets Respond to Metka Krasovec’s Images Responding to Emily Dickinson

Internationally acclaimed Slovian artist Metka Krasovek created a suite of drawings inspired by the poems of Emily Dickinson. Editor Richard Jackson began gathering poems created in response to the drawings - fascinating and insightful examples of double ekphrasis. The Heart’s Many Doors is a rich, cross-genre combination of writing and art that functions as a multi-faceted commentary on Dickinson, art and the creative process. 41 American poets contributed poems written in response to the artwork.