Brenda Wineapple, the Doris Zemurray Stone Professor of Modern Literary and Historical Studies, will talk about her upcoming book, “White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson,” Wednesday, May 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Everest Lounge.
Her talk, titled “Hiding in Plain Sight: Emily Dickinson and the Colonel," is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Department of English.
Wineapple joined Union in 1976. In 2004, she published her acclaimed biography of Nathanial Hawthorne, “Hawthorne: A Life." She also is author of "Gênet: A Biography of Janet Flanner” and “Sister Brother: Gertrude and Leo Stein.” Her essays, articles and reviews have appeared regularly in national publications such as The American Scholar, New York Times Book Review, and The Nation.
She holds a bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University and a master’s degree and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin.
For more information, call 388-6231.