Weber Reads Emily Dickinson

During her lifetime, Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) was better known as a gardener than as a poet. The family property in Amherst, Massachusetts, including the Homestead, Emily’s own home, as well as her brother’s home, the Evergreens, and the beloved wooded pathway that joined the two. Interpretation of Dickinson Garden Plan.
Watercolor and color pencil on paper, 2010 John Kirk, AIA

Resources: Caendar of Events

Bibliography for children and adults

Weber Reads in the Parks 2012 (in conjunction with Ogden City Summer Lunch program):

  • June 13 Monroe
  • June 20 Lorin Farr
  • June 27 Liberty

Weber State University

--Fireplace Lounge, Shepard Union, 12:00

  • 7 December -- join us for birthday cake in Emily's honor

 -- Hetzel-Hollein Room, Stewart Library, 12:30

  • 15 January - Emily's Biography - Aaron Ashley (Psychology)

  • 29 January -- Emily and the American Renaissance -- Kathryn MacKay (History)

  • 12 February -- Emily and Transcendentalism -- John Schwiebert (English)

  • 12 March -- Emily and the American Poetic Traditions -- Russ Burrows (English)

  • 26 March --Poetry Lives! Readers' Theatre

--Ogden Nature Center, 4:00 PM (Tea Time)

  • 9 April -- Emily, the Gardener -- Sally Shigley (English)

 

 Wasatch Range Writing Project

  Teachers' Workshop: July 9-11 and 16-18, 2012