Story about forged Emily Dickinson poem.

[ELCore]

This is a 13-year-old story by now, but it's fascinating, and I have a feeling a lot of you will find it as interesting as I did.

The impersonation of Emily: Part 1, Part 2.

[Rsmyth]

Thanks for posting this. I remember when the story came out. It shook the Mormon church to its core. Hoffman would use blank frontice pages from period books to create forgeries.

[brtmchl]

This is an amazing story. Thanks for posting, I really enjoyed reading about it. What an awful man Hoffman is.

[ELCore]

You're welcome.

Having both the Johnson and Franklin reading editions of Dickinson's poetry, both of which I have spent a great deal of time with, I think Hoffman wrote a very good imitation of an Emily Dickinson poem.

[My Name Is Kate]

That is a chilling story from beginning to end. Smart, personable people with no conscience are all too prevalent.

The poem is good, but maybe a little too straightforward for Emily. And I would question her having written such a poem for her ten-year-old nephew.