Emily Dickinson Face to Face by Bianchi, Martha
Emily Dickinson Face to Face by Bianchi, Martha

Emily Dickinson Face to Face

"Emily Dickinson springs to life in this remarkable, long-out-of-print biography written by her niece . . ....
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Emily Dickinson Face to Face by Bianchi, Martha

Emily Dickinson Face to Face

$26.93
Emily Dickinson Face to Face by Bianchi, Martha

Emily Dickinson Face to Face

$26.93
Author: Martha Bianchi
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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"Emily Dickinson springs to life in this remarkable, long-out-of-print biography written by her niece . . . Though millions of pages have been written about Dickinson . . . few have provided such a thrilling close-up portrait. Readers will be rapt from the first page." --Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

What would it be like to have Emily Dickinson as your babysitter? In this astonishing memoir, out of print for almost a century, Martha "Matty" Dickinson describes the childhood she spent next door to--and often in the care of--her Aunt Emily. We see Matty as a little girl, hiding from the other grownups in Emily's upstairs rooms, helping Emily in the kitchen, venturing with her into the cellar for the gingerpead she wasn't supposed to have. As Matty becomes a teenager, she finds a confidante in her aunt, who is fascinated by the latest youth fads, school gossip, and the recurring question of what to wear to a party ("her 'vote' was for my highest-heeled red slippers")--not to mention the music, novels, and poems she and Matty both love. From an early age, Emily teaches Matty the joys of solitude and independence: "No one," Emily said, "could ever punish a Dickinson by shutting her up alone." First published in 1932, this is the most intimate record we have of Emily Dickinson, whose death sparked a long family struggle over her work and her image. In a foreword to this new edition, the poet and critic Anthony Madrid provides a biographical frame for Matty's recollections, and explains how such a remarkable document could spend so long out of sight.



Author: Martha Bianchi
Publisher: McNally Editions
Published: 04/11/2023
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781946022585


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/24/2023
Library Journal 05/01/2023 pg. 88

About the Author
Martha Dickinson Bianchi (1866-1943) was born and raised in Amherst, Massachusetts, next door to her father's sister, Emily Dickinson. She was educated at several girls' schools and at home by tutors from Amherst College, and she studied piano at the Smith College School of Music. As well as editing important editions of Emily Dickinson's poems and letters, Bianchi published novels and poems of her own and was a frequent contributor to Harper's and the Atlantic. In 1902 she married the Russian count Alexander Bianchi; they divorced in 1920. In her later years she divided her time between New York and her childhood home, now part of the Emily Dickinson Museum.

Anthony Madrid's criticism has appeared in the Paris Review Daily and Harriet. His two poetry collections are I Am Your Slave Now Do What I Say and Try Never.
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