A week after Emily Dickinson died in 1886, her younger sister Lavinia opened drawers in the reclusive poet's bedroom and found a veritable treasure trove: nearly 1,800 poems, meticulously crafted by ...
This memoir, by Emily Dickinson’s niece — first published in 1932, and out of print for decades — is a wonderful example of how biography can illuminate the life and work of an artist even when the ...
Just a few years ago, A Quiet Passion was lauded for its portrayal of Dickinson. Now, Wild Nights with Emily offers a new take on the poet. Already a member? Sign in here. We rely on readers like you ...
So why do we need another biography of the belle of Amherst? One good reason is that Alfred Habegger has employed more recent scholarship and corrected dates on some 40 letters that were misattributed ...
One of the most highly anticipated Apple TV+ series launching on Nov. 1 is a half hour sitcom chronicling the young life of the clever, daring, inspiring poet Emily Dickinson. Her brother Austin on ...
Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? Amherst College Archives and Special CollectionsEmily Dickinson, age 17 ...
Emily Dickinson (Molly Shannon) and sister-in-law Susan Gilbert (Susan Ziegler) embrace in "Wild Nights With Emily." Courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment It’s Emily Dickinson as you’ve never seen her: ...
'Dickinson' creator Alena Smith talks to THR about the Apple TV+ half-hour comedy starring Hailee Steinfeld as a young version of Emily Dickinson, including the poet's fluid sexuality, how Apple Music ...
Lyndall Gordon's Lives Like Loaded Guns explores the family secrets of the reclusive 19th-century poet. Gordon theorizes that Dickinson may have... Biography Speculates Emily Dickinson Had Epilepsy A ...