After outbidding the A&P grocery,
A Amherst sought a tenant
for Emily
Dickinson’s
house, and a
young family of five moved in.
Our House, Emily’s House
BY JEAN MCCLURE MUDGE
18 Amherst Fall 2013
OMENT, WHEN EMILY n is in danger of rwritten, it’s hard that 50 years ago irtually anonymous eral public, includt old-timers in Amovergrown hemlock her birthplace and del—an imposing, tyle mansion near r of town. The hedge o protect her from ing fame, as if she eeping Beauty beill composing “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” Only a small sign at the entrance told the public that this was “The Home of Emily Dickinson.” There was no hint that she would one day write from this house at 280 Main St., “Home is the definition fi of God.” In 1963 the attention of the college was chiefly fl on Robert