The "TELL IT STRAIGHT" AWARD
From our Executive Director for Development and Expansion, Emerson Nettles:
We are extremely excited to announce that the Board of Directors of the Emmett Lee Dickinson Museum have established a major award, the Tell It Straight Award, to be bestowed annually on individuals who speak truth in the face of the lies and deception which have become the hallmark of our country's current so called "president."
Similarly, the Emily Dickinson Museum honors individuals with their Tell it Slant Award (info HERE). The Tell It Slant Award was created in 2012 by that Museum’s Board of Governors, and that group selects the Museum's honorees. They award "individuals whose life work is imbued with the creative spirit of the Amherst poet," and the name of the award comes from Emily Dickinson's poem “Tell all the Truth but tell it slant" (below on the right).
Our Board of Directors will also select awardees -- five (or more?) names annually -- and our award is taken from Emmett Lee Dickinson's poem, "Tell all the Truth but tell it straight" (below on the left), the very poem that inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem.
We are extremely excited to announce that the Board of Directors of the Emmett Lee Dickinson Museum have established a major award, the Tell It Straight Award, to be bestowed annually on individuals who speak truth in the face of the lies and deception which have become the hallmark of our country's current so called "president."
Similarly, the Emily Dickinson Museum honors individuals with their Tell it Slant Award (info HERE). The Tell It Slant Award was created in 2012 by that Museum’s Board of Governors, and that group selects the Museum's honorees. They award "individuals whose life work is imbued with the creative spirit of the Amherst poet," and the name of the award comes from Emily Dickinson's poem “Tell all the Truth but tell it slant" (below on the right).
Our Board of Directors will also select awardees -- five (or more?) names annually -- and our award is taken from Emmett Lee Dickinson's poem, "Tell all the Truth but tell it straight" (below on the left), the very poem that inspired third cousin Emily to pen her poem.
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By Emmett Lee Dickinson:
Tell all the Truth but tell it straight – And don’t be fooled by lies Too dull a cultish clan can’t see The Truth before their eyes As Bright'ner to the Laundry jars The load it works to brighten The Truth must hold the colors fast ’Fore every man is whitened – |
By Emily Dickinson:
Tell all the Truth but tell it slant – Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind – |
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We are pleased to announce that the first recipients of the Emmett Lee Dickinson Museum's "Tell It Straight" Aware -- for speaking truth in the face of lies and deception -- are the following: * Noel Casler * Rachel Maccow * Joy Reid * Jeff Tiedrich * Eugene Robinson |
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All winners will receive the following:
> Lifetime free membership in the Dickinson Organization of Poetry Enthusiasts.
> A coupon for complimentary Cajun nachos are the restaurant of the winner's choice.*
> A framed portrait of the winner to be hung in a prominent location in the lobby of our corporate offices.
> A certificate suitable for framing.**
> The winner's name engraved in our "Tell It Straight" plaque (which hangs in a prominent location in the lobby of our corporate offices).
> Timeless commemoration on our "Tell It Straight" page of our website (the very page at which you presently gaze).
> A newly restored, fully loaded 1974 AMC Gremlin.***
* Alas, due to restaurant closures across the country due to the Trump virus, coupons will not be available this year.
** Mailing address required.
*** While supplies last.
> Lifetime free membership in the Dickinson Organization of Poetry Enthusiasts.
> A coupon for complimentary Cajun nachos are the restaurant of the winner's choice.*
> A framed portrait of the winner to be hung in a prominent location in the lobby of our corporate offices.
> A certificate suitable for framing.**
> The winner's name engraved in our "Tell It Straight" plaque (which hangs in a prominent location in the lobby of our corporate offices).
> Timeless commemoration on our "Tell It Straight" page of our website (the very page at which you presently gaze).
> A newly restored, fully loaded 1974 AMC Gremlin.***
* Alas, due to restaurant closures across the country due to the Trump virus, coupons will not be available this year.
** Mailing address required.
*** While supplies last.
Congratulations to this year's winners!
