6/5/2023 0 Comments Goddesses by Burleigh Muten![]() When I found out that Emily Dickinson had a playful relationship with the children in her life, I wrote a middle grade verse novel about her inviting them to meet her at midnight to watch the circus train arrive in town. I write about topics I want other people to know about. My favorite book was (and still is) the dictionary. ![]() ![]() My favorite place was the school library, where I read everything on Greek mythology. I began collecting words as a child: night words, flight words, colors, textures, water words, even contractions. To register, visit the Children’s Room in the Jones Library, or e-mail the facilitator directly at. This workshop is co-sponsored by the Emily Dickinson Museum and the Jones Library. At the end of the week families and friends are welcome to a reading at the Jones by the workshop writers. ![]() ![]() The workshop meets daily at Amherst’s Jones Library, and spends the day on Tuesday touring and writing at the Emily Dickinson Museum. In this workshop for ages 9 – 12, led by children’s author and Emily Dickinson Museum tour guide Burleigh Muten, participants will experience Emily Dickinson’s world from a writer’s point of view. ![]()
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