Actress Julie Harris and U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins are featured in this introduction to poet and poetry that takes a quirky look at the difficulty with academic views of Dickinson. Biographical information and directorial license sheds light on who the author was as a person and what her poems and style really represent. In the story, a "filmmaker" who is stumped but captivated by Emily Dickinson's poetry searches for "flashes of insight" into the elusive poet beyond those offered by his lively but traditional interviews with experts. Still unsatisfied, he holds auditions in which dozens of actresses recite poems and improvise Dickinsonian answers to questions about God, Death and Love. Also includes commentary by psychologists, professors, artists, historians and actors. Includes 50 poems.