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“With her world at war, words are all Emily has. ” Apple TV recently released the trailer for the third and final season of “Dickinson,” premiering November 5, 2021 This half-hour comedy series, starring Oscar® nominee Hailee Steinfeld was inspired by the life and work of Emily Dickinson, one of the most famous poets to … Read more
Phosphorescence October 2021 featured poets: Somrita Ganguly and Danielle Legros Georges. Hosted by Brooke Steinhauser, program director of the Emily Dickinson Museum. To Emily Dickinson “phosphorescence” was a divine spark and the illuminating light behind learning — it was volatile, but transformative in nature. Produced by the Emily Dickinson Museum, the Phosphorescence Poetry Reading Series … Read more
Western MA poet, Michael Favala Goldman, launched his two latest poetry collections at a hybrid event on October 9, 2021. About 30 people turned up in person and 20 on Zoom for the event. The collections; Slow Phoenix and Small Sovereign can be purchased on Goldman’s website.
Amherst Media hosted the Jones Library Ballot Question Forum on October 26, 2021.
Tell It Slant Poetry Festival 2021 Phosphorescence Poetry Reading Series Thursday, September 23, 2021 Phosphorescence September 2021 featured poets: Chloe Martinez, Rodney A. Brown, Elizabeth Metzger and Moriel Rothman-Zecher. To Emily Dickinson “phosphorescence” was a divine spark and the illuminating light behind learning — it was volatile, but transformative in nature. Produced by the Emily … Read more
Tell It Slant Poetry Festival 2021 Friday, September 24 Staging the Poem: A Masterclass with Tess Taylor “Drama is never dead” wrote Emily Dickinson, “Everything is as good as it is dramatic,” wrote Robert Frost. But what is drama in poetry? By turning the lenses of drama on the poems we read and onto our … Read more
The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home, is collaborating with Straw Dog Writers Guild of Western Massachusetts to offer a residency for nine emerging writers. Residencies will be for one week and include lodging at Seven Hills Inn in Lenox, a workspace at The Mount, breakfast, lunch, and a $500 stipend. The residencies run weekly from March … Read more
The New England Poetry Club presents its 2021 Fall Poetry Fest hosted by Regie Gibson. Part 1 1. Denise Provost has published in such journals as the Bagel Bards anthologies, Ibbetson Street, Muddy River Poetry Review, qarrtsiluni, Quadrille, Poetry Porch’s Sonnet Scroll, Sanctuary, and Light Quarterly. She received the New England Poetry Club’s Samuel Washington Allen award in 2021, … Read more
City of Boston Artist Fellow Shubha Sunder hosted a virtual reading and conversation with emerging writers from GrubStreet on May 27, 2021. PLEASE NOTE: Some material read during the event includes strong language.
The Poet’s Prose: Rereading Joseph Brodsky’s Essays Today Hosts: Professors Polina Barskova and Catherine Ciepiela ’83, in conversation with Christopher Benfey, Sven Birkerts and Jonathan Galassi.
December 10, 2020 People from over 50 countries registered for this virtual celebration. It was an afternoon of fun featuring a team bake of Dickinson’s famous Black Cake, a make-at-home craft demo, music, an aerial journey over Amherst, screenings of videos from our “My Emily Dickinson” collecting project, special guests (Alena Smith, Ella Hunt and … Read more
Alondra Bobadilla performed her poem ‘Tomorrow’ at the 2020 Boston Scores Celebration.