#  Julie Dobrow: Hunting and Pecking Away: Mabel's Newfangled Typewriter & Emily's Newfangled Poems (Lecture) 

 



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 **March 21, 2023** 

 06:00PM - 07:15PM EDT 

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 **In-person: Edison Newman Room, Houghton Library; online livestream available**  



 

 



 

 The Poetry Room is proud to present a lecture by [Julie Dobrow](http://www.juliedobrow.com/), author of *After Emily: Two Remarkable Women & the Legacy of America's Greatest Poet* (Norton, 2018), who will explore the complicated path to publishing Dickinson's first collection and the instrumental role that Mabel Loomis Todd played, including her pioneering use of typewriters in the transcription process.

   
Dobrow's talk, which is a part of the Poetry Room's popular *Typewriter Talks* series, will take place at [Houghton Library](https://library.harvard.edu/collections/emily-dickinson-collection), which houses the largest collection of Dickinson materials in the world, including over 1,000 poems in the poet's hand. Audience members wishing to **visit the Dickinson Room** are invited to tour the space (as well as the adjacent Keats Room and Amy Lowell exhibit) from 5:30-5:55pm.

 **In-Person Attendance & Dickinson Room Tours:**  Edison Newman Room, Houghton Library. From 5:30-5:55pm, audience members will be welcome to visit the Dickinson Room, featuring the author's writing desk, family library, and related materials. *Free and open to the public.*  
  
**Online Attendance:** Livestreaming available via the [WPR YouTube Channel.](https://www.youtube.com/WoodberryPoetryRoom)

 [More Information.](https://libcal.library.harvard.edu/event/10300918)



 

 



 

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