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The emily Dickinson inTernaTional socieTy Volume 21, Number 2 November/December 2009 “The Only News I know / Is Bulletins all Day / From Immortality.” emily dickinson in20ternation0al so9ciety general meeting EMILY DICKINSON: ROYA L — all but the Crown! Queen Without a Crown July –August , , Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada eDis 2009 annual meeTing Eleanor Heginbotham with Beefeater Guards Emily with Beefeater Guards Suzanne Juhasz, Jonnie Guerra, and Cris Miller with Beefeater Guards Cindy MacKenzie and Emily Special Tea Cake Paul Crumbley, EDIS president and Cindy MacKenzie, organizer of the 2009 Annual Meeting Georgie Strickland, former editor of the Bulletin Bill and Nancy Pridgen, EDIS members George Gleason, EDIS member and Jane Wald, executive director of the Emily Dickinson Museum Jane Eberwein, Gudrun Grabher, Vivian Pollak, Martha Ackmann and Ann Romberger at banquet Group in front of the Provincial Government House and Eleanor Heginbotham at banquet Cover Photo Courtesy of Emily Seelbinder Photos Courtesy of Eleanor Heginbotham and Georgie Strickland I n Th I s Is s u e Page 3 Page 12 Page 33 F e a T u r e s r e v I e w s 3 Queen Without a Crown: EDIS 2009 19 New Publications Annual Meeting By Barbara Kelly, Book Review Editor By Douglas Evans 24 Review of Jed Deppman, Trying to Think with Emily Dickinson 6 Playing Emily or “the welfare of my shoes” Reviewed by Marianne Noble By Barbara Dana 25 Review of Elizabeth Oakes, 9 Teaching and Learning at the The Luminescence of All Things Emily Emily Dickinson Museum Reviewed by Janet McCann By Jane Wald 26 Selected Bibliography 12 Q&A: White Heat By Barbara Kelly By Brenda Wineapple me m b e r s ’ ne w s Edited by Martha Ackmann and Kathleen Welton 29 Awards 13 Reflection: “We perish — tho’ We reign —” 30 Chapter News By Nicholas Ruddick 32 Notes and Queries s e r I e s 33 Oxford 2010 International Conference 14 Poet to Poet D e p a r T m e n T s Girl Sleuths and Early Influences: Mary Ann Samyn Responds to 34 Crossword Puzzle: More Words To Lift Emily Dickinson Your Hat To By Mary Ann Samyn By Greg Mattingly Edited by Jonnie Guerra, Series Editor 36 Oxford 2010 International Conference 17 Dickinson and the Visual Arts Registration Form Emily and Isabelle: Beyond Time 36 EDIS Membership Form By Maryanne Garbowsky Dickinson poems are reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of Amherst College from the following volumes: The Poems of Em- ily Dickinson, Thomas H. 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The Bulletin is indexed in EBSCO, Humanities International Complete, and the MLA Bibliography. www.emilydickinsoninternationalsociety.org feaTures Queen Without a Crown: EDIS 2009 Annual Meeting By Douglas Evans wo Beefeater Guards, fes- Choosing a theme for the 2009 annual meeting of the Emily Dickinson tooned in scarlet and gold, cor- International Society in my hometown, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Tdially welcomed the esteemed initially presented me with a considerable challenge. With absolutely no guests into the elegant crystal salon Dickinsonian connections to draw on, I decided that Regina’s nickname, of the grand Hotel Saskatchewan. the “Queen City,” would foreground the pervasive theme of royalty in the The august occasion was to herald poet’s letters and poems. By selecting the line, “Royal, all but the Crown—” the 2009 Emily Dickinson Interna- (Fr194) for the poster, I wanted to emphasize the poet’s jubilant tone but tional Society annual meeting in the also the high regard in which we, the members of the Society, hold this royal city of Regina, Saskatchewan, brilliant poet. In addition, imbuing the poster with deep purple and violet Canada on July 31-August 2, 2009. tones decorated with images of a white crown creates a strong allusion to Cindy MacKenzie, professor of Eng- many of the iconic symbols in her work. Meeting and dining in the elegant lish at the University of Regina, who rooms of the Hotel Saskatchewan and Government House and implement- hosted and planned the event, gave ing as much pomp and ceremony as possible, we celebrated Emily Dickin- the convocation, warmly welcoming son’s indisputable queenly stature. the guests, and Paul Crumbley, the — Cindy MacKenzie president of EDIS offered greetings and toasts. Title divine, is mine. And then—the dinner—a ban- The Wife without the Sign— Acute Degree conferred on me— rib of beef, Yorkshire pudding, and Empress of Calvary— quet fit for a queen, of roast prime Royal, all but the Crown— of this conference was “The Queen Betrothed, without the Swoon WithoutEnglish trifle. a Crown,” After and all, the themethree- God gives us Women— - When You hold Garnet to Garnet— ed this theme. Gold—to Gold— dayThe program queen appropriatelyof the conference, reflect of Born—Bridalled—Shrouded— course, was Emily Dickinson—“The In a Day— Queen of Calvary—” (Fr347), “Roy- Tri Victory— al, all but the Crown—” (Fr194), “My Husband”—Women say “Purple—The Color of a Queen, is Stroking the Melody— this—” (Fr875), “Empress of Cal- Is this the way— vary—” (Fr194), “Title divine, is mine.” (Fr194), “A half unconscious the royal color imagery in “Purple— - Queen—” (Fr353) and many more The Color of a Queen, is this—” sion, when she looks into the glass poems referencing the singular, un- (Fr875), one of the few poems that ofthe her difficult own facearea and of severesees the depres abyss recognized queen. Dickinson actually titled (one Rud- Nicholas Ruddick, professor of dick