In this issue
-- "New feet within my garden go": Poetry in the Garden Continues
-- Read Along with the NEH Teacher Workshop
-- "The Props assist the House": Architecture Tour Focuses on Dickinson Homes
-- "my Verse is alive": Exhibit Traces Winding Path to Publication -- "This is my letter to the World": How to Read a Dickinson Poem -- Poetry Marathon September 29
Greetings! Greetings from the Emily Dickinson Museum!
Read on for news of events and programs at the Emily Dickinson Museum in the weeks ahead. |
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"New feet within my garden go": Poetry in the Garden Continues July 22: Nancy Ekholm Burkert, illustrator of Acts of Light, a collection of Emily Dickinson's poetry, comments on her artistic encounters with Dickinson's work. July 29: Poet Dara Wier, author of Remnants of Hannah and Reverse Rapture, named 2006 Book of the Year by Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives, reads Emily Dickinson's poetry and from her own work. Book signings and refreshments accompany each reading. Books will be on sale at the Museum; call 413-542-2034 to reserve your copy. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket and join in the experience of hearing Dickinson's poetry in her own garden. In case of inclement weather, readings will take place indoors. All Poetry in the Garden programs are free, but donations are welcome!
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Read Along with the NEH Teacher Workshop At the end of each workshop week, participants select poems for deeper group discussion. Leading choices for the first week included "Blazing in Gold and quenching in Purple" (Fr321), "Many a phrase has the English Language" (Fr333), and "A Route of Evanescence" (Fr1489). Perhaps in a quiet moment this summer you'll read through these poems to find the phrases and meanings most intriguing to you.
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"The Props assist the House": Architecture Tour Focuses on Dickinson Homes 
"The Props Assist the House" architecture tour
explores
the meaning of house and home to the Dickinson
family and to nineteenth-century New England
society. The tour, which lasts about an hour, looks at
the houses from both outside and inside. At tour's
end, visitors are invited to read selections from
Emily Dickinson's poetry that relate to architecture and
home.
July tour dates and times:
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"my Verse is alive": Exhibit Traces Winding Path to Publication 
Join us on Saturday, September 15, at noon for the
opening of a
special exhibit highlighting the people and passions
involved in the early publication of Dickinson's poetry.
With documents, family artifacts, and the two family
homes that became Dickinson's circumscribed world,
the exhibit traces the creation of her literary reputation--
from manuscript and fascicle to collected
and "complete" editions--in the first fifty years after the
poet's death.
The exhibit, which is part of Museums10's fall
collaborative BookMarks, is open through December 8
during regular Museum hours. Admission to the
exhibit is free.
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"This is my letter to the World": How to Read a Dickinson Poem P.S. Thanks to all who have taken our survey on the best way to approach an Emily Dickinson poem for the first time. It's not too late to chime in. Click on the link below to answer a few quick questions (no wrong answers!) about how you read Dickinson's poetry. Be sure to indicate whether we can share your name and hometown when we publish your answers online this fall. |
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Poetry Marathon September 29
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The Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead and The Evergreens is dedicated to educating diverse audiences about the poet's life, family, creative work, times, and enduring relevance, and to preserving and interpreting the Homestead and The Evergreens as historical resources for the benefit of scholars and the general public. The Emily Dickinson Museum is owned by the Trustees of Amherst College and has its own Board of Governors, which is charged with the responsibility of raising the Museum's operating and capital funds. The Museum is a member of Museums10, a collaboration of 10 museums in the Pioneer Valley. To find out how you can support the Emily Dickinson Museum, click here.
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Contact Information
phone:
413/542-8161
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