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Tag Archives: Emily Dickinson
A Light Exists in Spring
Emily Dickinson captures magical light of spring–and its transience.
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No Frigate Like a Liberal Arts Education
Phi Beta Kappa’s John Churchill lectured our new inductees on Emily Dickinson and the vital importance of a liberal arts education for all.
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The Civil War Was Fueled by Poetry
Scholar Faith Barrett shows how the War between the States was a “poetry fueled war.”
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The Silver Water Crushes Like Silk
Although not explicitly religious, Mary Oliver has a Good Friday-Resurrection progression in many of her poems, including “Morning at Great Pond.”
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For a Mold Attack, Read Dickinson
Our College has closed down two dorms after a mold attack. Among the many remedies has been an Emily Dickinson poem.
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Class of 2011: Brains Deeper than the Sea
St. Mary’s College of Maryland President Joseph Urgo turned to an Emily Dickinson poem as he talked to graduates about the value of a liberal arts education.
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Finding God in Nature’s Church
The bobolink, Dickinson’s sexton and chorister Spiritual Sunday “Remember the Sabbath Day and keep it holy,” instructs the fourth commandment. How are we to keep it holy? Emily Dickinson, a writer who wrestled with the stern Calvinism of her day, observed the sabbath in her own way. She was a private person who was skeptical of […]
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