Your Candle Accompanies The Sun

Artist and poet Sophie Herxheimer reimagines Emily Dickinson’s self-imposed seclusion as an act of empowerment. In a series of collage poems, Sophie’s words and images re-present a paradoxical poet, fixed in space, yet ranging freely in imagination and innovation. This is a homage to the human spirit, which can shine light into the world and in its complexity accompany the simple power of the sun. Sophie’s collages are preceded by a selection of Dickinson’s poems, interweaving two talents into one volume of dazzling poetry.

Author Biography

Sophie Herxheimer trained in painting at Camberwell and Chelsea Colleges of Art. She has held residencies for the Southbank Centre, Transport for London, Hawthornden Writer’s Fellowship in 2019 and Working Assumptions foundation (Berkeley California) in 2020. Exhibitions include The National Poetry Library, The National Portrait Gallery and The Museum of Liverpool. She created a 300 metre tablecloth to run the length of Southwark Bridge, featuring hand printed food stories from a thousand Londoners.