American poet Emily Dickinson. A mystical recluse, she lived all her life in Amherst, Massachusetts. Emily Dickinson was a 19th-century American poet whose name has become synonymous with classic ...

Among the Great Moments in Literary History I wish I could've witnessed is that day, sometime after May 15, 1886, when Lavinia Dickinson entered the bedroom of her newly deceased older sister and ...

Bringing long-dead, literary figures to life for contemporary audiences is a challenge, but that's the Emily Dickinson Museum's mission. Now the 19th-century poet's home in Amherst has reopened after ...

The poet’s house museum in Amherst, Mass., gets a vibrant, historically correct makeover, underlining that she was not just a reclusive woman in white. By Jennifer Schuessler AMHERST, Mass. — “Here is ...

Emily Dickinson was once better known as a gardener. The poet’s first book preserved these species. August 5, 2025 Amanda Marchand and Leah Sobsey are the artists who created ”This Earthen Door,” on ...