This year, our annual birthday tribute to American poet Emily Dickinson will also honor English novelist Jane Austen for her 250th birthday.
Noted scholar Martha Nell Smith and contemporary romance author Nikki Payne will discuss the life, work, and legacy of Dickinson and Austen and how they continue to shape writers of today, highlighting well-known passages.
The reading, which is co-sponsored by the Emily Dickinson Museum, will be followed by a book signing in the Great Hall. Emily Dickinson’s famous black cake, based on her own recipe, will also be served.