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Edna St. Vincent Millay reads her poem Love is Not All.
Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet, playwright and feminist. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, the third woman to win the award for poetry, and was also known for her activism and her many love affairs. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work. The poet Richard Wilbur asserted, She wrote some of the best sonnets of the century. Millay was born in Rockland, Maine to Cora Lounella, a nurse, and Henry Tollman Millay, a schoolteacher who would later become superintendent of schools. Her middle name derives from St. Vincent's Hospital in New York, where her uncle's life had been saved just before her birth. The family's house was between the mountains and the sea where baskets of apples and drying herbs on t...
Prominent feminist poet Eavan Boland reads works by Edna St. Vincent Millay, and discusses their meaning and historical context at a special reading. Irish by birth, Eavan Boland published her first collection—1962's 23 Poems—when she was just 18. Boland's early work is informed by her experiences as a young wife and mother, and her growing awareness of the troubled role of women in Ireland's history and culture, an influence that contributed to her emergence as one of the foremost female voices in Irish literature. Best known for subverting traditional constructions of womanhood and offering fresh perspectives on Irish history and mythology, she has earned international recognition over the course of seven published volumes of poetry, traveling the U.S. and Ireland as a poet, antholog...
Library of Congress. An 1892 baby photo of Edna St. Vincent Millay. 1892. Library of Congress. The Free Press. Web. 27 April 2016. Edna St. Vincent Millay at Steepletop. Edna and Norma. Edna St. Vincent Millay at Steepletop. Inn at Green River. Web. 26 April 2016. Library of Congress of Yale University Press. Millay with her sisters Norma, center, and Kathleen at right. Library of Congress of Yale University Press. The Free Press. Web. 27 April 2016. Library of Congress. Millay's wild & crazy parents. Library of Congress. The Free Press. Web. 27 April 2016. Vassar College Libraries. Millay papers. Millay papers, archives, and special collections. The Free Press. Web. 26 April 2016. Harper & Brothers. A sharp copy of this early 1922 re-issue of Edna St. Vincent Millay's first published...
Sarah Parker presents photographic representations of the American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, asserting that Millay consciously used her public image to promote her career and to subtly subvert expectations surrounding the "poetess." Speaker Biography: Sarah Parker is an Arts and Humanities Research Council fellow. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6857
Edna St. Vincent Millay reads her poem Recuerdo.
Edna reflects on her past hedonistic love-life and its present consequences.
First Fig My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-- It gives a lovely light. Edna St. Vincent Millay included this in her book "A Few Figs from Thistles: Poems and Four Sonnets," published in 1920. Why the title "First Fig" for a poem not about a fig? Because of the book title--she wanted early poems in the book to be viewed as figs or fruit from thistles (a type of flowering plants having leaves with sharp prickles on their margins). The first poem is called "First Fig," and the second is "Second Fig." Go figure. It was a time of literary experimentation. Today we may think of The Great Gatsby as the literary work that best captures the reckless behavior and exuberant living of the Roaring Twenties, but Fitzgerald's novel was a...
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First Fig My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-- It gives a lovely light. Edna St. Vincent Millay included this in her book "A Few Figs from Thistles: Poems and Four Sonnets," published in 1920. Why the title "First Fig" for a poem not about a fig? Because of the book title--she wanted early poems in the book to be viewed as figs or fruit from thistles (a type of flowering plants having leaves with sharp prickles on their margins). The first poem is called "First Fig," and the second is "Second Fig." Go figure. It was a time of literary experimentation. Today we may think of The Great Gatsby as the literary work that best captures the reckless behavior and exuberant living of the Roaring Twenties, but Fitzgerald's novel was a flop...
It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it's one damn thing over and over. Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it. I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes. The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through. The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity. Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.
Music my rampart, and my only one. God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart. Not truth, but faith, it is that keeps the world alive. The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through. It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it's one damn thing over and over. I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
Beauty is whatever gives joy. The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity. Music my rampart, and my only one. I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes. God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart. Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does.
Music is Second mvt. from Symphony No. 9 by Dmitri Shostakovich. This is an excerpt from The Romantic Hours radio broadcast. Andrea is introduced by Mona . Dirge Without Music by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950), read by Russ Kick I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground. .. Dirge Without Music by Edna St. Vincent Millay read by Brilliana V. Guillot I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground. So it is, and . I am recording this poem in tribute to David Bowie, on the day that he died. Because I love him.
http://sanderlei.com.br/PT/Poesia/Poesia-Index Edna St. Vincent Millay - Sonnet II (Into the golden vessel of great song) Into the golden vessel of great song Let us pour all our passion; breast to breast Let other lovers lie, in love and rest; Not we,—articulate, so, but with the tongue Of all the world: the churning blood, the long Shuddering quiet, the desperate hot palms pressed Sharply together upon the escaping guest, The common soul, unguarded, and grown strong. Longing alone is singer to the lute; Let still on nettles in the open sigh The minstrel, that in slumber is as mute As any man, and love be far and high, That else forsakes the topmost branch, a fruit Found on the ground by every passer-by. Links: Sanderlei Silveira (Website) http://sanderlei.com.br/PT/Index Conheça se...
http://sanderlei.com.br/PT/Poesia/Poesia-Index Edna St. Vincent Millay - Sonnet VII from Eight Sonnets (Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word) Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word! Give me back my book and take my kiss instead. Was it my enemy or my friend I heard, "What a big book for such a little head!" Come, I will show you now my newest hat, And you may watch me purse my mouth and prink! Oh, I shall love you still, and all of that. I never again shall tell you what I think. I shall be sweet and crafty, soft and sly; You will not catch me reading any more: I shall be called a wife to pattern by; And some day when you knock and push the door, Some sane day, not too bright and not too stormy, I shall be gone, and you may whistle for me. Links: Sanderlei Silveira (Website) http:/...
Edna St. Vincent Millay: From City Lights to Simple Stone July 30, 2014 View GVSHP's upcoming public programs at http://gvshp.org Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950), recipient of the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, was a daring, versatile writer who lived in Greenwich Village in the early 1920. Her poems about social equality and personal freedom brought new hope to a generation of youth disillusioned by the social and political upheaval of the First World War. Her work adds a vibrant personal dimension to the era’s social history by illuminating the bohemian lifestyle she and her friends enjoyed. Holly Peppe, Millay’s Literary Executor, and Mark O’Berski, Vice President of the Millay Society, presented present an illustrated talk about Millay’s life and career from her early days in...
Poets Alicia Ostriker and Claudia Emerson celebrate the birthday of American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay by reading selections from her work and discussing her influence on their own writing. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5848.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950), recipient of the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, was a daring, versatile writer whose work includes poetry, plays, essays, short stories, songs, and a libretto to an opera that premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Writing poems about social equality and personal freedom, Millay brought new hope to a generation of youth disillusioned by the social and political upheaval of the First World War. Her free-spirited life in the early 1920s in Greenwich Village, where her suitors included Edmund Wilson, John Dos Passos and other literary names of the day, is well- documented by historians. Yet her poetry adds a more vibrant personal dimension to the era’s social history by illuminating the Bohemian...
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Edna St. Vincent Millay, “the most seductive woman of her time” and America’s foremost love poet, grew up right here in Newburyport and across the river on Ring’s Island. Her biographer, poet Daniel Mark Epstein, will talk about the illustrious life and work of this year’s festival honoree. Art historian and poet Carl Little will ask all kinds of questions. Newburyport Literary Festival 2016. Video by RTD Photo and Video rtdphotoandvideo.com
LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 different recordings of The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
LibriVox recording of Renascence and Other Poems, by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Read by Linda Leu The following is a recording of the first volume of poetry published by Edna St. Vincent Millay. When the author had graduated from high school, she couldn't afford to go to college. In the summer of 1912, Vincent's sister, Norma, found work as a waitress at a hotel near where they lived. One night, Norma insisted that Vincent attend a masquerade ball, given at the hotel, if only to get Vincent out of the house and to meet people. Vincent finally gave in, and while there, sang songs and recited "Renascence," the first poem in this collection. This immediately won over the support of one "Miss Dow," who would help Vincent raise enough money to attend Vassar College. From there, she would meet o...
Head in mercy the strange
The skin the mercy
Add the duality and pictured match
Blood the drop the matched and life
Disgust the drop and blood with a smiles
The fall one the drop trying
Voices the emotions the arms
The disgust with a header
With listens the phone
Second the light on the call the emotionless
That the falling one dreams the deliver us
Through the revelation surgery glass
Hushing trashed the your let the your skin
My fallen dreams the betrayer an disgust of misery signs
Through in arms delusion the voiceless and trying died