Julie Dobrow is a professor with appointments in the department of Child Study and Human Development and the Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University and serves as director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. Her writing has appeared in the Boston Globe Magazine and the Huffington Post, among other publications. She lives outside of Boston.
Julie Dobrow has grabbed a tiger by the tail in her skillful reanalysis of Mabel Loomis Todd's role in recognizing, preserving, publishing, and promoting Emily Dickinson's powerful poetry...Dobrow weaves the vitality of the personal into her scholarship, surprising and enlightening readers about one of America's greatest literary rescues.--Polly Longsworth, author of Austin and Mabel The entire nuanced and complicated story of Mabel Loomis Todd, Millicent Todd Bingham, and Emily Dickinson is ours at last in this diligently sourced and compellingly written history.--Marianne Curling, Curator of the Amherst Historical Society Dobrow authoritatively traces the tortuous editorial and publication process that first brought Dickinson's work to public attention, and sensitively explores her subjects' interior lives... Impeccably researched...Dobrow's narrative gives a fascinating glimpse into the lives of two tireless advocates for Dickinson's work. Dobrow's skillful account of Mabel's and Millicent's lives makes this page-turner a must-read for the poet's most ardent fans. [Dobrow] recount[s], with sympathy and nuance, Todd's near obsession with editing Dickinson... [A] fresh, remarkable account.