Blossoms will run away -
Cakes reign but a Day -
But Memory like Melody,
Is pink eternally
--- Fr1614

Wednesday - Sunday 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
SPECIAL HOURS Saturday, September 25, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Household or Single Membership benefits include:

• Unlimited free admission to tours.
  Individual: admission for member and a guest
  Household: admission for up to two adults and two children under 18
• "A Message from the Meadows" print newsletter
• Annual Museum program calendar
• "Emily's E-update," a monthly electronic newsletter
• 10% discount on Museum Shop purchases
• Advance notice and free or reduced fees for Museum programs
• Invitations to Members Day, special events and previews
• Two complimentary guest passes good for one-time admission

"Profile of the Poet as Cook," was first published in 1976 when the first resident-curator of the Dickinson Homestead, Jean Mudge, lived in the poet's home with her husband, Amherst College chaplain and professor Lewis Mudge, and their three children. At that time, the Homestead was open for public tours on a limited schedule, and co-authors Nancy Brose, Juliana Dupre, and Wendy Kohler were members of the guiding corps that gave tours to eager visitors.

The book includes illuminating essays about the poet's culinary experience as well as sixteen Dickinson recipes and photographs of food related artifacts from the Homestead and the Evergreens. Many popular nineteenth-century recipes such as Wine Jelly and Snow Pudding are presented for the modern kitchen.

The film was recently screened by the staff at the Emily Dickinson Museum with rave reviews. Long time guide and author David Garnes offered this impression:
"Seeing New Englandly" is a sumptuous visual and aural treat in its depiction of Dickinson's awareness of the world around her. The musical background and the use of paintings of the natural world complement the beautifully read narration. The second program in the series Angles of a Landscape, "Seeing New Englandly" more than lives up to the high standard set by the first film, "The Poet in Her Bedroom." --- David Garnes

The DVD will be available for purchase at the screening and at the Emily Dickinson Museum Shop. For more information about the documentary and to view a sample of the documentary "Seeing New Englandly" on our website.

You still have time to register your entry for the Dickinson Baking Contest. The deadline is Thursday, September 23.

Lives like Loaded Guns has received much critical attention since its publication earlier this year. The provocative work proposes epilepsy as the cause of the poet's enigmatic behavior and creativity, offers controversial characterizations of some of the key participants in Dickinson's story, and examines in detail the multi-layered family saga that surrounded the publication of Dickinson's poems after her death.

A book signing and reception will follow Gordon's lecture, which is co-sponsored by the Museum, Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, and Special Collections at the Jones Library. For more information about the event, including suggestions about parking, visit www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/events.

Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family's Feuds, by Lyndall Gordon is available at the Emily Dickinson Museum shop.

Garrison Keillor is a long time admirer of Emily Dickinson, he has often used the poet as a subject in his humorist antidotes. In his 1995 UMass appearance, Keillor said.he had visited the poet's house earlier that day and "discovered a packet of undiscovered poems written on gum wrappers."

It was Keillor himself who suggested that he would like to help raise money for the Emily Dickinson Museum. "What could be better than to have such a well-known and thoughtful figure suggest a way he personally could help the museum?" said executive director Jane Wald.

Garrison Keillor will perform at Johnson Chapel at Amherst College at 7:00 p.m. Tickets go on sale October 1. Check our web site for updated information.

Vendler will also conduct a workshop on her book at the 92nd Street Y in New York on October 6. For more information about this event, contact the 92nd Street Y.

Vendler has written books on W. B. Yeats, Wallace Stevens, John Keats and Seamus Heaney. She is the A. Kingsley Porter University Professor at Harvard University, where she has had a position since 1981. She has taught at Smith College and Boston University. In 2004, the National Endowment for the Humanities selected Helen Vendler for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities.

Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries is available through the Emily Dickinson Museum Shop. To find more links to articles, exhibits, and books about Emily Dickinson and her home check our Dickinson in the News page.

• Editing Emily's Way: An Exercise in Diction and Its Implications
• "No Prisoner Be": Exploring Freedom and Limitation in the Work of Emily Dickinson
• Dickinson's "Loaded" Words: A Critical Essay Assignment
• Emily Dickinson: Luminous Letters

Check out these and other ideas for your classroom in the Education section of our website. The Museum will once again offer the Landmarks Workshop in July 2011. Watch for details!

The Tour Center may be reached at 413-542-2947, Wednesday through Sunday, during museum hours.