AMHERST, Mass.-The Emily Dickinson Museum will host two Sunday afternoons of poetry readings during its annual "Poetry in the Garden" series, July 19 and July 26 at 2 p.m. The readings take place on the lawn at the Dickinson Homestead, where well-known artists and authors share their reflections on the poet's life and work in the shade of the stunning gardens that inspired her. This year, the featured speakers are Stan Koehler, Sarah Mager, and Ann E. Boutelle. All events are free and open to the public. In case of inclement weather, the programs will take place at the Amherst College Alumni House, a short walk from the Museum.
On Sunday July 19 Stan Kohlerand Sarah Mager will present "'The Life we have...' Conversations From the Grave: Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost." Koehler, professor emeritus of English at the University of Massachusetts, is the author of Countries of the Mind: The Poetry of William Carlos Williams; The Perfect Destroyers: Poems of WWII, and The Fact of Fall . He is also a poet with a keen interest in the writings of Amherst's esteemed poets, Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost. Mager, now a guide at Historic Deerfield, is a retired teacher from the South Hadley Middle School where she taught for 35 years. She is a member of the Emily Dickinson Museum's poetry discussion group.
On Sunday, July 26, Boutelle presents "Exploring Space in Dickinson's Poems." Ann E. Boutelle is the Founder of the Poetry Center at Smith College, and teaches in the English Department there. She has published poems in various journals, including The Georgia Review, The Hudson Review, and Poetry. Her first book of poems is Becoming Bone: Poems on the Life of Celia Thaxter from the University of Arkansas Press. Her second, Nest of Thistles, won the 2005 Samuel French Morse Prize from Northeastern University Press. She will hold the position of Grace Hazard Conkling Poet-in-Residence at Smith College for 2009-11.
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The Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead and The Evergreens is devoted to the story and legacy of poet Emily Dickinson and her family. Owned by the Trustees of Amherst College, the Museum is overseen by a separate Board of Governors charged with raising its operating and capital funds. The Homestead was the birthplace and residence of the poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886). The Evergreens was the 1856 home of the poet's brother and sister-in-law, Austin and Susan Dickinson.
The Emily Dickinson Museum is located at 280 Main Street in Amherst, Massachusetts. The official Museum website is www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org and the phone number is (413) 542-8161. Summer hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. until August 31. Regular hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. March - December.
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