is a freelance writer and copy editor living in New York City (who pays the bills shelving at the Strand bookstore). In addition to The New Inquiry, her work has appeared in Lapham's Quarterly's "Roundtable" blog, A Tale of Four Cities, and Yes! Magazine. She graduated from Barnard in 2009 with a B.A. in English and Creative Writing.
Ten years before she would publish Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë sent a poem to poet laureate Robert Southey asking for his opinion. Their resulting exchange is interesting…