The Writings of Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, co-editor of the first two collections of Emily Dickinson's poems, was a man of astonishingly varied talents and accomplishments. Higginson published more than 500 essays and 35 books during his long life. He was active into the 20th century, producing memoirs, novels, political tracts and biographies. The influence of Thomas Wentworth Higginson as a liberal thinker and activist remains historically significant, and several of his books are in print. However, it is Higginson's relationship with Emily Dickinson, as correspondent, advisor and editor, for which he is best remembered.