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A DOOR TO EMILY DICKINSON'S PAST

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20040328
Author:Jan Gardner GLOBE STAFF

AMHERST - More than 100 years after her death, the poet Emily Dickinson keeps a firm grip on the public imagination.

An unconventional documentary, "Loaded Gun: Life, Death, and Dickinson," released in December, explores the question of "whether anyone had ever gotten past second base with her." One of the enduring mysteries surrounding the reclusive poet is the identity of "Master," to whom she wrote many letters.

Last month, the ornate wrought-iron gate that guarded Dickinson's cemetery plot in Amherst and was missing for two decades was found at an antique shop in Vermont. A customer ...

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