Dickinson season 2 release date, cast, synopsis, trailer, and more

Ready for season 2 of Dickinson? The critically acclaimed series about the imagined–and partially reimagined–world of writer Emily Dickinson is set to return to Apple TV+ next month. So let’s get ready for it, shall we?

Here’s everything we know about the upcoming season of Dickinson.

Dickinson season 2 release date

The second season of the series debuts on January 8, 2021.

Dickinson season 2 cast

The popular period show stars Hailee Steinfeld as a teenage Emily Dickinson. Starring alongside Steinfeld, Adrian Enscoe, Anna Baryshnikov, Austin Dickinson, and Jane Krakowski are all reportedly set to return for season 2.

Dickinson synopsis

IMDb describes the plot for this one as:

"A highly fictionalized and stylized version of the real life aspiring writer Emily Dickinson is brought to life with modern sense and sensibility. Embarrassed by her own parents and shunned from society, Dickinson will stop at nothing to rebel against her strict background and make her voice heard through the magic of poetry."

Dickinson season 2 synopsis

During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Alena Smith revealed a little about what to expect from the highly-anticipated follow-up season. The series creator said that season 1 gave audiences “one answer” which is, “it was a patriarchy and her father was opposed to women publishing.” In season two, Smith claims it, “completely turns that on its head or inside out and give a very different answer, which is that Emily herself had a deeply ambivalent relationship to fame.” How intriguing.

From there, the showrunner went on to explain what the second season is really all about, as she sees it. In the same interview, Smith said season 2 focuses on the author’s obsession with her own fame and, “the attention economy, which was a central concern in Emily Dickinson’s poems.”

Smith added that, “she wrote many, many poems about fame and about running from fame or rejecting fame. But she definitely had an obsession about fame even if she was subverting it.”

As noted by Town and Country, the events of the Civil War era will also contribute to the plot this time around.

Dickinson season 2 trailer

Ready for more from this series ? Check out the official trailer below.