Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson: How to Tell the Truth with A Slant

Updated from the August 9, 2018, Litchatte “Poetry Workshop” Posting  (Reprinted due to current relevance) In 2020 and 2021, ex-President Donald Trump told his supporters that he won the presidential

imagine by John Lennon

Imagining the Lyrical Poetry of John Lennon & Emily Dickinson

Traditionally, the term, ‘Lyrical’ referred to a composition of words that were meant to have a musical accompaniment.  When we think about ‘Lyrical Poetry” now, it more broadly refers to

A Pallette of Litchatte Posts

A Pallatte of Litchatte Posts from July 2016 through July 2017

  Dr. Murray Ellison received a Master’s in Education from Temple University (1973), a Master’s Degree of Arts in English Literature from Virginia Commonwealth University (2015), and a Doctorate in

Murray at the Emily Dickinson Museum

I’m Nobody! Who Are You? : Muhammed Ali and Emily Dickinson

Muhammad Ali was buried today in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. The Mayor reported that about 100,000 people lined the streets to view the nineteen-mile long procession. Millions of people