Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Dickinson used to lower a basket full of gingerbread out of her window for the neighborhood kids. Would your mom have let you accept gingerbread from the weird lady that lived alone? (Source.)
Dickinson's little sister was named Lavinia. Like her sister, Lavinia also lived in relative seclusion and isolation at home. Lavinia's also the one who made it her mission to get Emily's poems published after she died. (Thanks, Lavinia!) (Source.)
Not exactly keen on fashion, Emily is known to have worn mostly white, which must've been really tough to keep clean. (Source.)