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Homes of famous authors open their doors to guests, sometimes overnight

Starting Monday, 1,789 of Dickinson’s poems will be recited as part of a weeklong poetry marathon, the cornerstone of the 2023 Tell It Slant Poetry Festival hosted by the Emily Dickinson Museum.

Across the country, a few former homes of writers are opening their doors to private guests — some even letting fans stay the night.

The Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst recently announced the reopening of “Studio Sessions,” in which Dickinson’s room is available for up to two hours for anyone seeking inspiration in an unusual setting.

AMHERST — The Emily Dickinson Museum, in the midst of a major fundraising campaign to expand its resources and reach, has received a major new donation to help realize that goal: $2.5 million.Jane and Robert Keiter of Lakeville, Connecticut, have made...

AMHERST — The Emily Dickinson Museum, in the midst of a major fundraising campaign to expand its resources and reach, has received a major new donation to help realize that goal: $2.5 million.Jane and Robert Keiter, of Lakeville, Connecticut, have...

The poet’s house museum in Amherst, Mass., gets a vibrant, historically correct makeover, underlining that she was not just a reclusive woman in white.

Using the poet's own writings as a guide, the Emily Dickinson Museum has recreated what her home looked like 200 years ago.

The 19th-century poet's home in Amherst has reopened after a major renovation that includes a boon of donated props from the Apple TV+ series "Dickinson."

AMHERST — The Emily Dickinson Museum, like much of the world, had to shut its doors in March 2020 when COVID-19 rolled in. And for over two years, the home of one of America’s most famous poets has remained closed, even as most other places have...