Emily Dickinson poetry marathon kicks off at St. Thomas

Participants in a University of St. Thomas reading marathon are in the process of reciting all 1,789 poems by Emily Dickinson.

Dickinson scholar and St. Thomas faculty member Erika Scheurer organized the marathon.

You can follow the marathon on Twitter and a live audio stream.

Scheurer joins The Daily Circuit to give an update on the event.

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