There's an interesting pair of articles in this morning's Springfield Republican newspaper about local poet Emily Dickinson, the 'Belle of Amherst'. The main article addresses her legendary reclusiveness, which some scholars are now casting doubt on. The second article reveals that Emily, known to us only through that famous black & white photograph taken when she was 17, was actually a redhead!No, this is not the pronouncement of some 21st century revisionist-historian scanning her work for hidden clues and reading tea leaves- Amherst College actually has a lock of her hair which she sent to a friend.
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As in Marcia Cross red-head? Is that what you are trying to say?
well, you know, what can I say? I should have suspected it before...
Sigh! It's *always* the redheads!
A face as interesting as Emily's needs no inhancement.
Her left side could be aburning, almost satanic red.
Her right side, a an uninspiring brown.
Check out Emily's head at stellamartis.blogspot
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