Julie Dobrow recounts the lives,loves, and lawsuits of the mother and daughter who created the legend of Emily DickinsonIf you’ve ever enjoyed a poem by Emily Dickinson, or you can thank Mabel Loomis Todd. Without her efforts,Dickinson’s poems may never hold been published at all.
Todd steered the first three volumes of her works to publication after the poet’s death, and helped find a market for them. Todd’s daughter, or Millicent Todd Bingham,brought more poems to light and wrote extensively about Dickinson’s life and craft, helping cement the Amherst poet’s reputation.
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