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Martha Ackmann

Martha Ackmann
Martha Ackmann, author of These Fevered Days, Curveball, and The Mercury 13, writes about women who have changed America. The recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship, Ackmann taught a popular seminar on Dickinson at Mount Holyoke College and lives in western Massachusetts.


The Letter That Changed Emily Dickinson’s Life

At a Crossroads, She Sought Another Writer's Counsel
May 26, 2020  By Martha Ackmann
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A Glimpse Inside the Best Summer of Emily Dickinson’s Life

“I have worlds of things to tell you, and my pen is not swift enough...”
February 26, 2020  By Martha Ackmann
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