Emily, Unedited
“You cannot put a fire out,” reads a short poem by Emily Dickinson. It’s also the name of a pivotal episode of Dickinson (now in its second season), Apple TV+’s delicious, postmodern imagining of the poet’s life that stars Hailee Steinfeld in the titular role.
Whether Dickinson is referring to love, the burning drive to write, or something else entirely in that poem, the series leans into the fire within its lead character on queerness into its DNA like the rich and layered brandy- and molasses-laden black cake that Emily concocts on the series (based on one of Dickinson’s actual recipes).
