Emily Dickinson’s 1,789 Poems Will Star at UB Poetry Month Marathon Reading
It may take 13 or 14 hours and some readers will be more experienced than others, but for those who would bask in the glow of every poem ever written by 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson, April 11 is the day to pack a lunch, grab a pillow and waltz on down to the Karpeles Manuscript Museum.
That day, in honor of National Poetry Month, the University at Buffalo Department of English will sponsor a free, public marathon community reading of all 1,789 of Dickinson’s poems from 8 a.m. to about 9:30 p.m. at the museum, 453 Porter Ave., Buffalo.
Anyone who wishes is welcome to listen or read aloud some of the most arresting verse in the English language. There is no formal schedule of readers and no preregistration is required, but three Buffalo celebrities will kick off the readings that morning: New York State Assemblyman Sam Hoyt, actress Josephine Hogan of the Irish Classical Theatre and UB President John B. Simpson. To find out more, follow this link.
