Past Events

Emily Dickinson Poetry Marathon
September 15 – 21

HYBRID PROGRAM - An Emily Dickinson Museum tradition, the Marathon is a group reading of all 1,789 poems by Emily Dickinson over the course of 7 sessions...
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Emily Dickinson Poetry Marathon
September 25 – October 1

HYBRID PROGRAM - An Emily Dickinson Museum tradition, the Marathon is a group reading of all 1,789 poems by Emily Dickinson over the course of 7 sessions...
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Tell It Slant Poetry Festival 2024 Schedule
September 23-29

The annual Tell It Slant Poetry Festival is an event with international reach that celebrates Emily Dickinson’s poetic legacy and the contemporary creativity she and her work continues to inspire from the place she called home...
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Tell It Slant Poetry Festival 2025 Schedule
September 15-21

The annual Tell It Slant Poetry Festival is an event with international reach that celebrates Emily Dickinson’s poetic legacy and the contemporary creativity she and her work continues to inspire from the place she called home...
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Tell It Slant Poetry Festival 2023 Schedule
September 25 – October 1

The annual Tell It Slant Poetry Festival is an event with international reach that celebrates Emily Dickinson’s poetic legacy and the contemporary creativity she and her work continues to inspire from the place she called home...

Phosphorescence Poetry Reading Series
Thursday, September 28, 6pm ET

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - Phosphorescence September 2023 featured poets:
Aldo Amparán, Catherine-Esther Cowie, and Ron Welburn...
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Tell It Slant Awards Night
Friday, September 29, 6:30pm ET

HYBRID PROGRAM - Honoring Marilyn Nelson, Alena Smith, and the Founders of the Emily Dickinson Museum...
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Phosphorescence Poetry Reading Series
Thursday, August 17, 6pm ET

IN-PERSON PROGRAM - Phosphorescence August 2023 featured poets:
Yamini Pathak, Ilan Stavans, and Devanshi Khetarpal...
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Dickinson Screening
Saturday, Sept. 30, 1pm ET

HYBRID PROGRAM - A screening of clips from Apple TV+'s hit series Dickinson with special guests Anna Baryshnikov (Lavinia Dickinson), Adrian Blake Enscoe (Austin Dickinson), and costume designer Jennifer Moeller...
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No Frigate Like A Book Club 2023

VIRTUAL SERIES - Join fellow enthusiastic readers in discussion of novels inspired by the life of Emily Dickinson...
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Late Night Garden Party
Saturday, Sept. 30, 7pm ET

HYBRID PROGRAM - Join us in Emily Dickinson’s garden (or virtually) for a garden party with our headlining poets Marilyn Nelson and Abigail Chabitnoy...

Reconstruction of The Evergreens Carriage House

On Tuesday, August 27, 2024 the Emily Dickinson Museum began the reconstruction of the Dickinson family Carriage House that once stood east of The Evergreens...

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A Something Overtakes the Mind

On Saturday, May 10, the Emily Dickinson Museum will celebrate the opening of the John and Elizabeth Armstrong Carriage House and the reopening of The Evergreens during its annual Poetry Walk event...
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Open Mic Night
With Music from Los Lorcas
Friday, Sept. 19, 7pm ET

Bring your poems to Emily Dickinson's garden and enjoy music from Los Lorcas...
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Headliner Night
with Terrance Hayes and Krysten Hill
Saturday, Sept. 20, 7pm ET

National Book Award and MacArthur Genius grantee and Terrance Hayes and award-winning poet Krysten Hill, read from their work and discuss their poetic practice and inspiration with moderator Nicole Callihan...