Aife Murray: 'Maid as Muse: How Servants Changed Emily Dickinson's Life and Language'
In "Maid as Muse," Murray looks at the poet's relationship with the maids and cooks who were her near-constant companions and finds evidence of their cultural and linguistic influence in Dickinson's writing. A\xedfe Murray has been in-residence at the Emily Dickinson Museum, where she conceived and led public walking tours of Amherst from the Dickinson servants' perspective. She was named the 2007 Scholar in Amherst by the Emily Dickinson International Society.