The Emily Dickinson International Society

A first-of-its-kind staged choral opera, ADRIFT tells a love story through the words of queer New Englander Emily Dickinson.

“Dickinson, Dialect, Sovereignty, and Readership”
Organized by The Emily Dickinson International Society
Chair: Renée Bergland, Simmons University

Join Professors Amy Hollywood and Stephanie Paulsell of Harvard Divinity School and Vanessa Zoltan, co-host of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, in Amherst, Massachusetts for a sacred walking pilgrimage centered on Emily Dickinson and her poetry.

“A Fire that ‘Lasts’: Dickinson, Liminality and Potential Energy,” by Sophia Houghton, B.A. in English & Comparative Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2021, advised by Eliza Richards. Sophia is attending Columbia University’s graduate program in English this year.