Emily dickinson family biography interview

While recently reading some of Emily Dickinson’s poems and letters, I uncovered some beautiful and ambivalent reflections on her family life. As a mother and new grandmother, I found that Dickinson’s keen insights gave me fresh ways to think about my role in my expanding and extended family.

For a supposedly emotionally restrained author, Dickinson writes lavishly about the world of intimate relationships and the mixed emotions inherent in those delicate roles.

Emily dickinson family biography interview

Her observations of her mother are particularly interesting, both as a way to understand the complexities of motherhood and to learn more about Dickinson’s fascinating life.

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) influenced generations of American poets by intuitively writing in her unique syntax and style.

She broke all the rules of poetry and evaded the literary formalities of her time. Her writing was an outpouring of her philosophical thoughts and eccentric observations. The “en