The Emily Dickinson International Society (EDIS) is hosting their 2017 annual meeting in Amherst, MA, on August 11 and 12. Jim Asher, the world's leading authority on Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request) and a life-time member of the Dickinson Organization of Poetry Enthusiasts (DOPE) will be there. Our staff of ace reporters from the Emmett Lee Dickinson Museum will cover all the news that's fit to print when the devotees of "the Belle of Amherst" meet the number one admirer of "the Bore of Washerst." When cultures clash, will Asher be once -- or even twice -- removed? Catch all the details HERE. |
Also, in October, check out our coverage of the 2017 annual conference of the Dickinson Organization of Poetry Enthusiasts. The DOPE festivities will include the WORLD PREMIER ot Terence Davies' long-awaited sequel to A Quiet Passion, his bio-pic of Emily Dickinson. A Clamorous Indifference tells the story of America's forgotten poet, Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request). A Clamorous Indifference stars Neil Patrick Harris as America's greatest poet, Emmett Lee Dickinson, and Cynthia Nixon reprises her role as Dickinson's third cousin Emily. For details, click HERE. |