Season 2, Episode 8: Emily Dickinson and Spiritual Thirst

Written By Jeanne Petrolle

Wells and water serve as potent symbols of desire in Genesis and in the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Jeanne and Jennifer chat about well imagery in Genesis and in Dickinson’s poem “I Know Where Wells Grow.”

Works Cited and Consulted

Gafney, Wilda. Womanist Midrash, Volume I. A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne. Westminster John Knox Press, 2017.

Williams, Delores. Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God Talk. Orbis Books, 2013.

Jeanne Petrolle
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