The Legacy of Emily Dickinson

About the Book

The poetry book The Legacy of Emily Dickinson: Poems by Anthony Ross Potter and Elizabeth Leopold Potter is a collection of Potter’s poetry. It will include Mr. Potter’s life experiences to provide context for the poems. The book will feature Potter’s seven-part poem, “In the Subway,” and the photographs that inspired the poem, as well as several other poems. Also featured are poems by his mother, Elizabeth Leopold Potter. Anthony Potter is a cousin of Emily Dickinson. His mother’s great-grandfather, Henry Kirk Dickinson, was her uncle. While his poetry is influenced by Imagism and Ezra Pound, his muse was inspired by Emily Dickinson. His late mother was a third cousin of Emily’s, and her style was very similar in imagery, rhythm, and metaphor. She bears an uncanny resemblance to Emily Dickinson, as photos in the book will reveal.

About the Author

Anthony Ross Potter was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover and Princeton University. Mr. Potter is a cousin of Emily Dickinson. His mother’s great-grandfather Henry Kirk Dickinson was her uncle. His mother was a third cousin and also wrote poetry. Her style was very similar in imagery, rhythm, and metaphor to Emily Dickinson’s poetry. He is married to the former Phyllis Rooney. They have two children, Whitney and Ashley, and one grandchild, Henry Cornilis Potter Bruynes. Potter began his career in television documentaries with NBC News. He has won more than fifty major awards for excellence, including three Emmy Awards, three George Foster Peabody Awards, two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Journalism Awards, two Humanitas Prizes, two Gold Hugo Awards, the Overseas Press Club’s Edward R. Murrow Award, and the Monte Carlo International TV Festival’s Prix d’Or Award. He started his own TV documentary production company in 1985 and produces documentaries for the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, and PBS. In his spare time, he writes poetry.