The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay.Nancy Milford. 2001. Read by Kimberly Schraf. Books On Tape. Vol. 1: #5846A. 9, 1.5 hour tapes. $72.00. 0-7366-8492-1. Vol. 2: #5846B. 9, 1.5 hour tapes. $72.00. 0-7366-8509-X. Vinyl; content notes. A Thirty years in the preparation, author Milford had the good fortune to have access to Millay's diaries and papers, held for decades by Millay's younger sister, Nora. Millay was born in 1892, and from the start she knew she was a writer, specifically a poet. As a child, she entered all the contests and won all the prizes. After she became 18, she sent her poem "Renascence" into a nationwide contest and won publication along with immediate literary attention, as well as mentors and sponsors who saw to it that the young girl from an impoverished family in Camden, Maine Camden is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,254 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 66.8 km² (25.8 mi²). 47.4 km² (18.3 mi²) of it is land and 19.5 km² (7. , came to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to attend Vassar College Vassar College (văs`ər), at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; coeducational; chartered 1861 by Matthew Vassar, opened 1865 as Vassar Female College, renamed 1867. . Millay was small of stature but outsized out·size n. 1. An unusual size, especially a very large size. 2. A garment of unusual size. adj. also out·sized Unusually large, weighty, or extensive. Adj. 1. in every other aspect of her life, a person of prodigious abilities and appetites. Her affairs with both men and women were legendary. Less in favor now as a poet, in a literary world where innovation often supersedes rhyme, melody or meaning, this substantial biography will bring Millay to life for a new generation. Reader Schraf handles this mass of material deftly deft adj. deft·er, deft·est Quick and skillful; adroit. See Synonyms at dexterous. [Middle English, gentle, humble, variant of dafte, foolish; see daft. , very slightly inflecting the different voices in the book: author Milford and Millay's sister Nora; Millay's husband Eugen Boissevain. This is a long listen, but with this skillful skill·ful adj. 1. Possessing or exercising skill; expert. See Synonyms at proficient. 2. Characterized by, exhibiting, or requiring skill. reading it is like hearing the participants themselves unfold a rare bit of literary history. For the mature reader, for the level and complexity of the text as well as for the explicit nature of some descriptions. E.B. Boatner, Writer, Minneapolis, MN |
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