"When a maid was hired to permanently work in the kitchen, Dickinson actually remained in the kitchen to write."

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Pan,a maid, is one of the thousands of people who cheered as the demonstrators paraded in Bangkok.

VOA: standard.2010.03.24

"Before she had a maid, she was in there cooking and doing all of the baking."

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

"Her writing really jumps in a huge way when a permanent maid is in the kitchen.

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In her book,"Maid as Muse." Murray explores the relationship between Dickinson and her staff.

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But those "nobodies" - long lost to history - are about to be recognized for their contributions to American literature with the publication of "Maid as Muse: How Servants Changed Emily Dickinson's Life and Language."

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

Promise This-When You be Dying- Some shall summon Me- "And that way in which she says 'when you be dying', that's so classically the way African Americans structure their sentences, with that interesting use of 'be,'" "Maid as Muse" author Aife Murray says writing her book was a way for her to give credit where credit is due - to the unsung men and women whose language and culture enhanced the work of one of America's best-loved poets.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22