Emily Dickinson

[Connie Star]

Hi Izzie,
I live in Amherst MA, where the "Belle of Amherst" lived. I have a friend who is a professor of geosciences and is one of the originators of the Gaia Hypotheses (yes, that is a real scientific idea, not just a new age thing). We joke that she lives next door to Emily, because her home is next to the Dickinson family estate. One evening after dinner, she walked me out around the Dickinson yard and recited poems of Emily Dickinsons at various places in the yard. I don't really know much poetry, but it was pretty special. I particularly liked the blend of the poetry and the natural setting- sort of "naturalized" poetry, analogous to naturalized planting.
There is an Emily Dickinson weekend here in Amherst every May. I might be able to put you up if you decided to visit.