Emily Dickinson Doesn’t Need a Makeover
Her Life Choices Speak for Themselves
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6 min readNov 15, 2023
Even though shows like Apple TV’s recent Dickinson are a fun romp, and it’s cool to reimagine Emily Dickinson through a contemporary lens, the Belle of Amherst doesn’t need a romanticized Hollywood makeover or a goth girl redo. She’s triumphant in her own right. We do artists a disservice when we dismiss their lives as tragic or…
