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Apr 06, 2016
A Book Called "A Girl. . . ."
This book tells the story of Edna St. Vincent Millay in a succinct manner using intelligent language and skillful construction. It corrects a few facts printed in earlier versions of Millay biography and adds some delightful illustrations to the published canon.
It is in no way a complete picture of Millay and her life. No book to date has done that. Vincent is a complicated person and there is still so much not revealed about her history, the history of her family, and the truths behind the biographical fictions that exist.
For its audience it is a fine representation of a girl called Vincent (not the first and not the last). A reasonable book for its readership.
Feb 09, 2007
American Writers At Home
It is a beautiful, coffee-table sized book sensitively written. The research seems to be flawless and the histories of the creative minds and their environments are compelling. I have a personal attachment to two of them: Herman Melville's Arrowhead where I worked for a year and Edna St. Vincent Millay's Steepletop where I am now the Executive Director of the Millay Society. In both of those cases, I can assure any interested readers, McClatchy and Lennard have depicted the homes and their author/owners with incredible clarity and vision.