The article is written about a book of Emily Dickenson's envelope letters.
From the article: "The Gorgeous Nothings, published by Christine Burgin/New Directions, is a work of art in its own right, and Bervin and Werner are the perfect editors for Dickinson’s envelope writings.
Introductions, elaborations, and indices are confined to the beginning and end of the book, leaving Dickinson’s fascinating “slips” free to float on the crisp white page, much like an art work on a gallery wall. Thoughtfully designed transcriptions on the adjoining page ensure that each piece can be appreciated both visually and textually.

As Carter explains, “although a number of Dickinson manuscripts have been reproduced in print since the 1950s, this is the first book devoted to full-color, actual-size facsimiles of a specific body of her work….Shapes rather than words are the first things that register. And even when the words start to come into focus, the book’s design encourages us to think of them first as components of visual objects. Are they art? Sure. Why not? But they are something else — poetry — before that.”"