Julie Dobrow, director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies at Tufts University in Medford, MA, will speak and sign copies of her book about the two women who helped build Emily Dickinson’s literary legacy.

Julie Dowbrow. Submitted photo

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When Emily Dickinson died in 1886, she was unknown outside of a small circle of family and friends. Two women changed that. Author Julie Dobrow chronicles the lives of two of Dickinson’s earliest champions and editors in her new book, After Emily: Two Remarkable Women and the Legacy of—America’s Greatest Poet (W.W. Norton/2018).

At this author event, Dobrow will read from and discuss her book on Mabel Loomis Todd and her daughter Millicent, who worked tirelessly to edit, publicize and eventually build Emily Dickinson’s literary legacy.

Emily Dickinson. Submitted image

The event will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m. in the Public Meeting Room of the West Hartford Library, 20 South Main St. Barnes & Noble will provide books for purchase, and for autographing by the author.

The event is free, but to register in advance visit http://bit.ly/dobrow11dec or call the library at 860-561-6990.

There is ample library event parking in the nearby Isham Garage. Please bypass the garage kiosks and come directly to the Noah Webster Library Meeting Room, 20 South Main Street, where you may validate your parking with your license plate number.

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