Dickinson — Joyce duologue (Crossword Puzzle)

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A crossword puzzle for two beloved writers.

— Didja see the reviews?

— Did I ever.

— Not one emdash!

— I've never understood the controversy —

— They've no sense of pause nor introspection — not like us.

— You smile while you say that Jimmy — Are you ill — or —

— I'm dead Miss Emily. So are you.

— So I am. I wondered why it was so peaceful —

— Your sarcasm drips.

— Stop laughing — being dead isn't bad but I do enjoy company.

— You'd think there'd be more misunderstood writers here.

— These days they hang out on the internet café at the corner of Hopeful and Hopeless.

— What's it called?

— Writing—Dot—Com.

— Are they all dead too?

© 2024 Kåre Enga (May 25th, 2024)

WRITING
Emily — James  (13+)
The Queen and King of the Emdash chat. Drabble S#3, 100 words duologue.

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Across

6.What Dickinson wrote (6)
7.City now in Italy where Joyce lived (7)
9.Joyce's first name (5)
11.Dickinson's first name (5)
12.What Joyce wrote (6)
17.Joyce's novel banned for obscenity (7)
18."____" is the thing with feathers – (4)
19.Finnigans ____. (4)
22.An H word - more (7)
23.Joyce novel beginning with D (9)
26.Joyce's famous story, The ____. (4)

Down

1.When a little Girl, I had a friend, who taught me _______. (11)
2.Joyce's age when Dickenson died. (4)
3.Town in Massachusetts where Dickinson was born and died. (7)
4.Dickinson's husband. (4)
5.They shut me up in _____ – As when a little Girl (5)
8.First poem of Joyce's "Pomes Penyeach" (an extra portion) (5)
10.You may have met Him – did you not His notice sudden is – (5)
13.a very long pause (6)
14.Joyce is celebrated annually on 16 June, known as _______. (9)
15.Where Joyce was born (6)
16.Major theme of Dickenson's poetry. (5)
20.An H word - less (8)
21.Where Joyce died in Switzerland. (6)
24.Joyce's wife. (4)
25. Dickinson's sister-in-law, _____ Gilbert. (5)
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