No. 731 Degraw-street, Brooklyn, or Emily Dickinson’s Sister
No. 731 Degraw-street, Brooklyn, or Emily Dickinson's Sister
Claudia Barnett
Carnegie Mellon
136 pages
$16.95
‘I like the look of agony, because I know it’s true,’ says the murderous heroine of the new play No. 731 Degraw-street, Brooklyn. If you recognize that line as Emily Dickinson, then this Victorian-set, true-crime drama is for you.”
—Nelson Pressley, Washington Post
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