{"product_id":"emily-dickinson-face-to-face","title":"Emily Dickinson Face to Face by Martha Dickinson Bianchi","description":"\u003ch4\u003e“I cannot tell when I first became aware that she [Emily Dickinson] had elected her own way of life. To us she had always been as fixed in her orbit as any other star. We had been born into her life. It never seemed to us that it should have been any other than it was.”\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e– Martha Dickinson Bianchi (Emily Dickinson Face to Face, p. 48)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi\u003c\/strong\u003e, or Mattie, was born on November 30, 1866, the only daughter of Austin and Susan Dickinson. After her two brothers’ early deaths and the deaths of her parents, she became the last surviving member of the Dickinson line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter her mother Susan and her aunt Lavinia died, Bianchi inherited the Dickinson manuscripts that remained in her family (the other significant portion of the manuscripts was held by Mabel Loomis Todd -- see \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/emilydickinsonmuseum.myshopify.com\/products\/after-emily-paperback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter Emily\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e). \u003cstrong\u003eBianchi would come to publish several books of Dickinson’s poetry and letters as well her own reminiscences about her aunt. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFace to Face\u003c\/em\u003e falls in the latter category of published reminiscences. In \u003cem\u003eFace to Face\u003c\/em\u003e, we see Emily Dickinson as aunt from the view of her niece Mattie. This title was first published in 1932, and it continues to offer a \u003cstrong\u003euniquely intimate insight into the poet's life and legacy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emily Dickinson Museum Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50230038560982,"sku":"9781946022585","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/6100\/9366\/files\/File-1318_medium_dea1c472-c967-412a-9c26-9f36b35b27ea.jpg?v=1787067281","url":"https:\/\/emilydickinsonmuseum.myshopify.com\/products\/emily-dickinson-face-to-face","provider":"Emily Dickinson Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}