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Emily Dickinson Poetry Marathon

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Dates Tue, Sep 26, 2023, 12pm

Tickets Free; registration required

Duration 2 hours

A time-honored tradition of the Emily Dickinson Museum, the Emily Dickinson Poetry Marathon offers a group reading of all 1,789 poems by Dickinson over the course of seven sessions.

The Folger is co-hosting the second session of this year’s marathon, which is part of the Tell It Slant Poetry Festival.

Make sure to register for this free virtual program in advance! You can sign up to participate by reading poems or just to watch.

Can’t get enough of Dickinson? Tickets are now on sale for the Folger’s annual Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute Reading in December. This year’s event features poet and scholars Evie Shockley, who was recently longlisted for the National Book Awards for her work suddenly we.