Juliet Stevenson reads Emily Dickinson's "'Hope' is the thing with feathers"

Juliet Stevens reads "Hope' is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson for the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation as part of their Read By series, a collaboration with the Adrian Brinkerhoff Foundation, produced by Poet in the City and directed and Filmed by Matthew Thompson.

To read the poem in full click here.

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