Anthony Madrid's criticism has appeared in the Paris Review Daily and Harriet. His two poetry collections are I Am Your Slave Now Do What I Say and Try Never.

"For Bianchi, Dickinson was not merely a magical and beloved aunt but also a metric for her own evolution. She assessed her maturation by the nuance with which she perceives the poet . . . Her affectionate proximity to Dickinson--a proximity Todd did not share--must influence one's reading of Emily Dickinson Face to Face. If Bianchi, too, mythologized her aunt, it is nonetheless a mythology spun from lived interactions with the woman at their center."--Rachel Vorona Cote "Poetry"

"What makes this little memoir extraordinary, even unique, in all the millions of pages written about Dickinson is its intimacy . . . Say the memoirist, later known as Martha Dickinson Bianchi (we'll call her Mattie), was four and Emily Dickinson (ED) was forty, that means Mattie knew ED, more or less continuously, through the last fifteen years of ED's life. 'Knew'? She probably cuddled with her. Gotta be only six or seven people in the history of the universe who cuddled with Emily Dickinson, and only one who gives us a child's-eye view of ED with other grownups."--Anthony Madrid "from the Foreword"

"Written by Emily Dickinson's niece, this memoir--out of print for nearly a century--offers a more intimate side of the poet, from anecdotes detailing her secretly handing out sweets to her interest in the latest gossip, fashions and books."-- "New York Times Book Review"

"With charming anecdotes and moments vividly recalled, Bianchi's thoughtful account offers the rarest of first-hand glimpses behind Dickinson's swiftly drawn curtain, conveyed in searching and graceful prose worthy of its subject."--David Wright "Library Journal"

"Here, the famously reclusive poet is depicted in her most intimate light--a treasured relative of an awestruck niece. Though written when Bianchi (1866-1943) was in her 60s, the author's recollections remain fresh with whimsy . . . Emily Dickinson appears here as an almost mythical, magical figure in her niece's life."--Angelina Torre "Wall Street Journal"