#emily norcross

[llovelymoonn]

pascal debrunner \\ emily dickinson in a letter to louise and francis norcross (c. apr 1873) \\ abel cancino gutierrez \\ jenny george reprieve \\ @frommylimitedtravels​ \\ katherine arden the bear and the nightingale \\ sergei shlyaga

support this blog

[lamphous]

weeklypedia 4

Abandonware (from Voodoo Macbeth) †

Georges Bataille (from Gilles de Rais) †

Tamar (Genesis) *

Pavane (Fauré) *

Bethlem Royal Hospital *

Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (novella)

Walkie Talkie Man

Serial Experiment Lain

Gary Gilmore

Exocannibalism *

Return to Innocence

Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory

The Saint (Simon Templar)

She Wants Revenge (album)

* wholly new pages † derived from existing open tabs

[uncleasad]

Dickinson 1x03 felt like it was half an episode, in that its only purpose was to reveal Emily and Sue’s feelings to Austin and drive Sue away as Emily and Austin fought, suffocating her with their discord.

While in the first episode I thought perhaps Austin didn’t have true romantic feelings for Sue—that he only pursued her because she wasn’t interested in him—this episode began to disprove that. I do think there is some “male pride” driving his actions, but I believe he has genuine affection for her. See also the “muse” scene in 1x04, and his eager willingness to cover Sue’s debts and buy her dress when she suggested postponing the announcement of the wedding until she was no longer penniless.

Contrary to what Jane said, though, it feels like Emily is more in love with Sue than Sue is with Emily—that is, they are both in love with each other, as multiple events so far have shown, but it feels like a bigger part of Emily’s life, and a stronger pull, than for Sue. Likewise, it’s hard to get a bearing on Sue’s true feelings for Austin…she doesn’t appear to love him nearly as much as she does Emily—both Dickinson siblings are more enamored of Sue than Sue is with either of them!—but does she love him at all? Or has she only accepted his proposal, in a time of loss, to put an end to his pursuit of her and as something of a lifeline out of penniless orphanhood? And now she is trying every way to drag out the engagement and postpone the wedding, the true reasons for which only she knows. If Sue had a stable home like Emily, would she have continued to politely rebuff Austin just as Emily has done with George?

It was fascinating to see Emily suggest the party to Sue—who naturally agreed with Emily—and then Austin immediately give in to please Sue, when he had been dead-set against the idea coming from Emily and Lavinia!

Honorable mention: Lavinia’s crushing on the town bad boy, who seems hilariously the same as every television bad boy of the past half-century or so (also the local opium supplier!).

In 1x04, though, a full plot arc was back. We began and ended with the magnificent heirloom Dickinson oak—Emily’s favorite companion—and had many adventures in between!

I feel bad for George, because it’s clear to us that Emily is never going to choose him, no matter how loyal and useful he is…but I also get the sense that George genuinely likes Emily, so no matter the outcome—unless, by some strange series of events, she chooses someone else—he’s happy to spend time with her and to woo her, and, for a moment on the train, live the fantasy of a married couple.

Thoreau really is a piece of work! I almost wish George published the truth of his “interview”—and speaking of the college literary magazine, what happened to Emily’s poem that was to be published in it, already at the printer’s when she announced it, because she told Thoreau that she had never been published. Did Edward somehow force them to reprint the issue to save his reputation?

Another fun contrast between the two elder Dickinson siblings: both Emily and Austin have the same muse in Sue, yet Austin’s poem is no better than a trite schoolboy rhyme. I wonder whether Edward chose Austin to prepare a poem to spite Emily after her rude interruption, to test or spur on Austin, or both? (Or simply because it would cause him to lose face if he allowed his daughter to exhibit her intellectual and literary talents in public? I thought it seemed clear to him that he knew which child would be capable of producing a suitable poem for the occasion, and the results bore that out.)

On the Lavinia front, following her poor choice of men in the previous episode, and after wandering around town bizarrely in her “Indian headdress,” once Lavinia confesses the cause of her sadness, Mrs Dickinson’s “what makes you think the Indians would want you?” has got to set some sort of record for cruelty.

Once again, though, Emily is able to get her way; Edward undergoes an unexplained (Austin’s awful verse?) change of heart and decides to save the great tree. Somehow, in spite of Emily’s argument with him in front of Robert Picardo, she was the least-embarrassing Dickinson child this episode 😂

[indecisivegloom]

[flowerytale]

Emily Dickinson, from a letter to Lavinia Norcross Dickinson

[petaltexturedskies]

Emily Dickinson, in a letter to Louise and Frances Norcross written c. April 1873 featured in The Letters of Emily Dickinson

[butchmarner]

Who is the gayest PWHL Team?🌈

(Based on my extensive and unprofessional research of players' instagrams lol)

Minnesota: 3 confirmed

Michela Cava- dating teammate Emma Greco

Emma Greco- dating teammate Michela Cava

Liz Schepers- dating Ohio State teammate Michaela Boyle

Toronto: 7 confirmed

Brittany Howard

Carly Jackson

Allie Monroe

Jess Jones

Hannah Miller

Kristen Cambell- dating Team Canada softball player Emma Entzminger

Erica Howe

Ottawa: 7 confirmed

Brianne Jenner- (C) Married w/ 2 kids to Hayleigh Cudmore, her former teammate in Calgary

Emily Clark

Emerance Maschmeyer- married to Team Canada goalie Genevieve Lacasse

Ashton Bell

Malia Schneider

Zoe Boyd- either gay or really really really good at lesbian thirst traps and a queerbait of an instagram

Amanda Boulier

Boston: 7 confirmed

Hilary Knight- (C) dating speed skater Brittany Bowe (sorry Freddy Anderson)

Shiann Darkangelo- dating Montreal's Elaine Chuli

Jamie Lee Rattray

Samantha Isbell- exes with New York's Jill Saulnier

Taylor Wenczkowski

Amanda Pelkey- married to Finnish Olympian Venla Hovi

Erin Brown- dating New York's Savannah Norcross

New York: 9 confirmed

Micah Zandee-Hart (C)

Madison Packer- married to former teammate Anya Packer

Jade Downey-Landry

Jill Saulnier- exes with Boston's Sam Isbell

Chloe Aurard- dating basketball player Ella Bushee

Savannah Norcross- dating Boston's Erin Brown

Olivia Zafuto- dating former Boston Pride teammate McKenna Brand

Elizabeth Giguere- married

Johanna Fallman

Montreal: 9 confirmed

Marie-Philip Poulin- (C) engaged to teammate Laura Stacey

Laura Stacey- engaged to teammate Marie-Philip Poulin

Elaine Chuli- dating Boston's Shiann Darkangelo

Sarah Bujold

Erin Ambrose

Leah Lum

Mélodie Daoust- has a son with ex-wife, currently dating retired Team Canada player Hannah Bunton

Cath Dubois

Brigitte Laganiere

Notable mentions to 4/6 captains in this league being gay 🌈

(thank you @lesbianracecars for helping me in my extensive research)

[mdemn]

love is a feast, but you’ve learned to abstain.

color - tina chang, love disorders and other old heartaches - ashe vernon, a table set for a feast - ernst czernotzky, a letter to frances and louise norcross (1872) - emily dickinson, norwegian wood - haruki murakami, caption is an excerpt from a piece by @deadwatered

buy me kofi?

[grantmentis]

Undrafted / unsigned players as of right now

With the SDHL / AuroraLiiga / Postfinance Women’s League / EWHL / other leagues either underway or soon to be underway, a lot of rosters are close to solidified with only a few spots left.

A lot of PWHL teams have made clear that they plan to not sign any / very few remaining free agents or draft picks until after training camp where they plan to have everyone remaining compete for spots. Obviously signed players and drafted players will be there, but who else? This is meant to give some light to that

This list does not include NCAA / USports players who went undrafted, mostly just due to lack of time. But feel free to add anyone notable!

Current list of rumored undrafted training camp invites.

Please note that this is not from PWHL teams officially and may not include all players invited / some may still be responding to offers

Boston Fleet -Jillian Dempsey, Klara Peslarova, Cami Kronish, Maude Poulin Labelle, Kelly-Ann Nadeau

Minnesota Frost - Claire Butorac, Brook Bryant, Lauren Bench, Charlotte Akervik

Montreal Victoire- Clair DeGeorge, Sandra Abstreiter, Gabrielle David, Alexandra Labelle, 

New York Sound - Chayla Edwards, Madison Bizal, Taylor Baker, Savannah Norcross

Ottawa Charge - Taylor House

Toronto Sceptres - Rylind MacKinnon, Jessica Kondas, Lauriane Rougeau

Players on PWHL teams last year currently not affiliated with any teams / camp invites

Players with * is who I feel have the best spot at camp invites

Lindsey post

Brooke Hobson

Carley Olivier

Jade downie-landry *

Élizabeth Giguere *

Paetyn Levis *

Jill saulnier *

Alexa Gruschow

Madison packer *

Kayla Vespa

Mellissa channell *

Nikki nightengale

Abby cook

Kelly babstock

Kaleigh Fratkin *

Gigi Marvin *

Amanda pelkey *

Samantha isbell

Brooke Bryant

Sydney Brodt *

Brigitte Laganière

Ann-Sophie Bettez *

Sarah bujold *

Leah lum

Sarah Lefort. *

Brooke Stacey

Alex poznikoff

Marlène Boissonnault

Rachel mcquigge *

Samantha ridgewell *

Emma buckles

Victoria Howran

Taylor Davison

Lauren MacInnis

Samantha Davis

Rosalie Demers

Audrey-Ann Veillette *

Sam Cogan

Kaitlin willoughby

Jess jones

Fanni Garát-Gasparics *

Notable players who played in other leagues last year who are currently not affiliated with any team

Please note, I’m not saying all of these players will be PWHL invites, but as all leagues look to fill remaining spots these are names that may be on their call list. I put an * on players I think could have a shot at a camp invite for the PWHL based on a few factors including if they declared for the draft

Nicola Eisenschmid *

Laura kluge *

Shae Demale *

Tatum Amy

Emma Murén

Sarah-Ève Coutu-Godbout

Ally Johnson

Iveta Klimášová

Emily pinto

Autumn Macdougall

Sally Hoerr

Anna Purschke

Sara Krauseneck

Eleri McKay *

tanner Gates *

Yoshino Enomoto

Christine Deaudelin

Aoi Shiga

Lilla Carpenter-Boesch

Anna Kilponen

Anniina Kaitala

Ella Välikangas

[arylleth]

The heart keeps sobbing in its sleep.

Emily Dickinson, in a letter to Louise and Frances Norcross, wr. c. October 1871

[sofoulandfairaday]

Bitter are the wars between brothers

Sirius & Regulus Black

Halsey, Colors // Phoebe Bridgers, Motion Sickness // Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix // Emily Dickinson, in a letter to Frances and Louise Norcross (1872) // Sirius and Regulus by Furipon on DeviantArt // William Shakespeare, King Lear // The burns on the House of Black tapestry: Alphard, Andromeda, and Sirius // Dan Pagis, Autobiography; translated by Stephen Mitchell

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

— Emily Dickinson, in a letter to Louise and Frances Norcross (Letter 225), September 1860

[lamphous]

thinking I might start posting what wikipedia tabs I have open at the end of each week. right now that would be:

Linen

Penal laws (Ireland)

Sunny von Bülow

Venus and Cupid (Gentileschi)

The Killers (1956 film)

Emily Norcross Dickinson

The Worst Journey in the World

Alferd Packer

Artie Traum

Sunglasses

Dover Beach

Luckiest Girl Alive (film)

The Wedding of Palo

Moby-Dick

Preacher Harry Powell

Fede ring

Ali MacGraw

Mendelian inheritance

American Fiction (film)

The Discovery of Slowness

Domesday Book

Rufus Sewell

The Saint (Simon Templar)

Motif-Index of Folk-Literature

She Wants Revenge (album)

Sonnets from the Portuguese

[uncleasad]

Dickinson 2x03 felt like much ado about nothing, an excuse for a séance with only tiny bits of actual plot. This tick-tock of a vacant episode followed by a brilliant one is a bit tedious. (I find no urge to flesh out my quick notes, honestly.)

Sue is living the high life that the Dickinson name and (depleted) fortune allow, while Austin is a homebody, alone in an empty house. (She doesn’t have much time for her BFF Emily these days, either…and not because she’s spending all day in the kitchen.)

Lavinia is a modern woman, while Ship is stuck in the traditional ways.

Emily does not want to be a nobody and die without being published, without leaving something of value to the world. Finally, a decision! (Also, the scene with Henry was quite powerful; if he could put his name to his essays in support of abolition without it costing him, he would, and that seems to influence Emily.)

I have never before seen someone get so excited by latitude and longitude as Mrs Dickinson this episode 😳

Bowles still rubs me the wrong way. He’s shifty and feels slimy; he was so eager to get Emily’s work previously, and now, once he had it in hand, he was quick to reestablish the traditional power dynamic and put Emily “in her place” 😢

Poor Hattie! These white people are crazy! (At least they pay well.)

By contrast, 2x04 was 2 minutes longer by runtime, yet felt four times the episode. So much happened, and we learned so much. Not the least of which, writer’s block is a true terror. Worse, still, when it feels like someone has taken a piece of you and does not value it the way you do…

Emily’s use of the two meanings of “submission” in relation to giving Bowles a poem to publish was brilliant…and it was a theme that carried through the entire episode, Sue with Austin, Emily mère with Edward (although she, at least momentarily, flipped that), Lavinia with Ship, and Emily again with Bowles (at least that was his hope).

Emily and Edward’s relationship was again delightful, and his fatherly concern with her poetic problems and wish that he could do something to help was heartwarming. (Plus, birding was such fun!) Olmstead, however, was the true star of the episode. Eccentric in all the right ways, an artist, a mentor truly concerned with Emily’s quandary, offering wisdom and guidance: stop being the daisy, and start being the sun.

From that, Bowles attempts to swoop in and rescue the damsel in distress; he has told us many times already this season that he is the sun, but with Olmstead’s guidance, I hope Emily will resolve no longer to be his daisy. That said, the first four episodes together have put together a strong basis for Emily’s continuing ambivalence on being published. While the true “why” of it may be unclear, the ambivalence at least feels earned.

Austin and Sue continue living in two different worlds, and neither fully sees the other. Sue can’t tell how bored/empty/lonely Austin is, and while he at least acknowledges the promise he made to her, he doesn’t understand her (and he’s not alone; I have theories about Sue’s actions, but the show has done nothing to explain her change in behavior from the Sue we met at the beginning of the series). She has chosen, though, to submit, to let Austin have his way despite the horror these orphans bring her.

Edward has not always been the best husband or father, but he certainly has his moments, and it was good to see him and Mrs Dickinson have a long-needed heart-to-heart while at the bottom of the hole. While I have also often been critical of her, I do have sympathy for her position in the marriage, always coming second (or third, or…) to Edward’s plans, and his “we got old” was such a sad commentary on their lives—and a crappy excuse. (His proposal—in a letter, estimating a budget for their household—was so practical and devoid of everything one would hope for in our time.) However, for that moment at the bottom of the hole—and again when she walked away after he gave her a boost out—she became the sun, and I applaud her.

Lavinia is the person who, this season, seems to have the clearest sense of direction. She’s been trying all along to be the sun, not the daisy, but Ship literally kidnapped and entrapped her into an engagement to which she did not assent, forcing her to submit. (Her poor taste in men continues unabated, alas.) I wonder what happens from here and how she might escape from it? The irony of her being the Dickinson daughter who most wanted marriage now being the one who is trying to escape it…

[lesyeuxdenics04]

Emily Dickinson, from a letter to Lavinia Norcross Dickinson

[women-throughout-history]

Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson, an American poet, was born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. She spent the majority of her days in her hometown, with only brief excursions elsewhere for schooling or visits. Her family, with ties to Amherst College and active participation in local affairs, provided a sturdy foundation for Emily's upbringing. Her father, Edward Dickinson, was a respected lawyer and politician, while her mother, Emily Norcross Dickinson, battled with poor health, drawing Emily into caretaking duties as she grew older. Emily had two siblings, her sister Lavinia and brother Austin

Education played a significant role in Emily's formative years. Her time at Amherst Academy, where she cultivated friendships and wrote for school publications, set the stage for her intellectual pursuits. Later, at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, Emily encountered a more structured religious environment, which would later influence her poetic themes of rebellion against societal norms and religious scepticism.

There are many speculations surrounding her affection for individuals such as Charles Wadsworth and Samuel Bowles as well as Judge Otis P. Lord, passionately expressed in her letters to him.  Moreover, Dickinson's relationship with her sister-in-law, Susan Gilbert is debated too. Dickinson's letters to Susan reveal a depth of affection and intimacy that suggests a significant emotional connection beyond mere friendship.

In April 1862, Emily Dickinson penned a letter to the esteemed literary figure Thomas Wentworth Higginson, in response to his article in Atlantic Monthly titled “Letter to a Young Contributor.” In her letter, Dickinson, seeking guidance and validation for her poetry, enclosed four of her poems and earnestly asked Higginson for his assessment of her work. She expressed uncertainty about the vitality of her verse and pleaded for his honest opinion, stating that she had nobody else to turn to for feedback. Despite his initial reservations, Higginson advised Dickinson to continue refining her poetry before considering publication.

In her later years, Emily Dickinson led an increasingly isolated life. She often wore white and rarely interacted or greeted guests, avoiding social meetings. The deaths of loved ones, including her mother, father, and close friends, profoundly impacted Dickinson, deepening her sense of solitude and melancholy.

https://web.archive.org/web/20180807012709/http://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/publications_lifetime