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Rapture and Melancholy
Rapture and Melancholy: The Diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay | Edna St. Vincent Millay
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The first publication of Edna St. Vincent Millays private, intimate diaries, providing a candid self-portrait of the bad girl of American letters (Kirkus Reviews) Endlessly intriguing and illuminating. The publication of Edna St. Vincent Millay's diaries is a major literary event, providing astonishing insight into the great poets art and life.Chloe Honum, author of The Tulip-Flame The English author Thomas Hardy proclaimed that America had two great attractions: the skyscraper, and the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. In these diaries the great American poet illuminates not only her literary genius, but her life as a devoted daughter, sister, wife, and public heroine; and finally as a solitary, tragic figure. This is the first publication of the diaries she kept from adolescence until middle age, between 1907 and 1949, focused on her most productive years. Who was the girl who wrote Renascence, that marvel of early twentieth-century poetry? What trauma or spiritual journey inspired the poem? And after such celebrity why did she vanish into near seclusion after 1940? These questions hover over the life and work, and trouble biographers and readers alike. Intimate, eloquent, these confessions and keen observations provide the key to understanding Millays journey from small-town obscurity to world fame, and the tragedy of her demise.
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I‘m part of the cool kids now #sundaybuddyread thanks to @TheBookHippie for her amazing gift and fearless leading 😘😘😘

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We are forewarned in the book‘s Forward. 🩷

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Friday morning coffee & a book. #sundaybuddyread #coffeeandbooks

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I was a little worried I could not find a reasonably priced used copy of this, but thankfully I could! My library didn‘t have it, but I found a copy for less than 10.00 plus free shipping. Hooray! #SundayBuddyRead

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Librarybelle @TheBookHippie I started The Grand Design last night and love the writing so far. I didn‘t want to stop reading! 1mo
TheBookHippie @Librarybelle I‘m really enjoying it. 1mo
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AmyG Me three. The writing really takes you back to that time. 1mo
Librarybelle @AmyG The writing does. It is very engaging! 1mo
kspenmoll I am waiting to find it- 1mo
mollyrotondo My library didn‘t have it either surprisingly. I had to order it. It should be arriving today! 3w
Librarybelle I was glad I could order it from a bookstore, @mollyrotondo . I‘m now ready for April! 3w
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Via @thebookhippie

APRIL #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD
April is POETRY MONTH 💜
As such we are going to learn a bit about
Edna.
Every week I'll do a drawing of participants in our discussion and mail out an Edna poetry book of some sort💜

Another book without numbered chapters Hopefully this will work ..

Everyone welcome!