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Did Mabel Loomis Todd ever meet Emily Dickinson?
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Emily Dickinson
Poet Emily Dickinson is one of American poetry's most singular and influential voices.
Mabel Loomis Todd never met Emily Dickinson in person. Although Todd became a close friend of the Dickinson family after moving to Amherst in 1881 and corresponded with the reclusive poet, their relationship remained entirely through writing. Following Dickinson's death in 1886, Todd played a pivotal role in editing and publishing the poet's work, including the first volumes of Poems by Emily Dickinson.1