Last week I visited New York City, Boston, and Amherst, MA, and much of the trip centered on Dickinson-related exploration: a rare book at the New York Public Library; the Dickinson room in the Houghton Library at Harvard; Dickinson’s grave in West Cemetery in Amherst; Dickinson’s bedroom in her home; and more.
I’ve started posting pics and info from the trip on my travelogue (linked at the conclusion of this post), and I’ll be adding more to it in the coming days (weeks?) – PLUS – I’ll be publishing posts here on my Dickinson plog (poetry blog) and linking them on the “Dial ‘Em’ for Emily” page.
In addition to my review of all-things-Dickinson from my trip, I’ll also include other highlights – like a visit to Boston’s “Museum of Bad Art” (OMG – so funny – you won’t want to miss it); info on the Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth Regiment, a bronze relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens at the edge of the Boston Common; the exhibit of glass flowers at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (truly incredible); and more – even a mention of the best sauteed green beans I've ever eaten (at Asian Taste in Amherst), the smallest elevator I’ve ever ridden in, and even a bit on Edgar Allan Poe.
I’ve started posting pics and info from the trip on my travelogue (linked at the conclusion of this post), and I’ll be adding more to it in the coming days (weeks?) – PLUS – I’ll be publishing posts here on my Dickinson plog (poetry blog) and linking them on the “Dial ‘Em’ for Emily” page.
In addition to my review of all-things-Dickinson from my trip, I’ll also include other highlights – like a visit to Boston’s “Museum of Bad Art” (OMG – so funny – you won’t want to miss it); info on the Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth Regiment, a bronze relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens at the edge of the Boston Common; the exhibit of glass flowers at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (truly incredible); and more – even a mention of the best sauteed green beans I've ever eaten (at Asian Taste in Amherst), the smallest elevator I’ve ever ridden in, and even a bit on Edgar Allan Poe.
Below left to right: "A Bird in the Hand" from the Museum of Bad Art; the Shaw Memorial; glass flowers and plants (click the images to enlarge)
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Below left to right: Asian Taste, home of the best sauteed green beans; inside the tiny elevator (with blue light); Edgar Alan Poe (click the images to enlarge)
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I will say that there are various topics I had planned to cover in the coming days that I will now have to put on hold, including “10 Poetic Devices You Should Know," introduced in a post on July 9th, HERE – AND – an assortment of “loose ends” I need to tie up. In this post, HERE, I listed eight bits of unfinished business. I addressed the first four in various posts between June 28th through July 7th; however, the other four will have to wait -- including the story of how I came upon the giant coffee cup in Milwaukee. Fret not, though, dear reader. The story will be well worth the wait.
| So let’s roll the credits and rev up the reel of “Dial ‘Em’ for Emily.” Supreme suspense unfurls! Wonder and awe are calling – and if Emily Dickinson answers – hang on for dear life! Click HERE.  |  |
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