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Emily Dickinson

Theater Review: “A Woman of the World” — A Remarkable Relationship

The “Real” Emily Dickinson never materializes, but the “Real” Mabel Loomis Todd does — and it’s a sometimes shocking and sad story.

By: David Greenham Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: A Woman of the World, David Greenham, Emily Dickinson, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Rebecca Gilman.

Book Review: “These Fevered Days” — Exploring an Enigma

From the first page of Martha Ackmann’s new book on Emily Dickinson, you know you’re reading something entirely different.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Culture Vulture, Emily Dickinson, Martha Ackmann, These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily Dickinson

Film Review: “A Quiet Passion” — A Personal View of Emily Dickinson

Cynthia Nixon is a great Emily Dickinson, so deeply angry, so heartbreaking in her fool’s life of stoic suffering.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: A Quiet Passion, Cynthia Nixon, Emily Dickinson, Terence Davies

Jazz Performance and CD Review / Commentary: Jane Ira Bloom’s “Wild Lines” and “Early Americans”

Exposing the jazz impulses in Emily Dickinson’s poetry is not an agenda for the novice.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: "Wild Lines", Chamber Music America, Chasing Paint, Dawn Clement, Deborah Rush, Early Americans, Emily Dickinson, Glenn Siegel’s Magic Triangle, Jane Ira Bloom

Culture Vulture: Not Your Run-of-the-Mill Lecture

By Helen Epstein No one reviews talks but I’ve just attended two by some highly gifted women that deserve wider notice. Director Anna Brownsted and actress Dana Harrison discussed their work on R.T. Rogers’ provocative play “White People” at Shakespeare & Company last week and author Brenda Wineapple gave a brilliant mini-seminar in American cultural […]

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Books, Featured, Theater Tagged: Anna Brownsted, Berkshires, Brenda Wineapple, Culture Vulture, Dana Harrison, Emily Dickinson, Shakespeare & Company, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Ventford Hall, Whtie Heat, Whtie People

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