Craig Raine

The sad fate of Edna St Vincent Millay – America’s once celebrated poet

Her diaries reveal how much she hated anthologies – and, after succumbing to drugs and alcohol, she soon ceased to appear in them

For most of her life, Edna St Vincent Millay was one of the most respected and popular poets in America. [Alamy]
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  • Rapture and Melancholy: The Diaries of Edna St Vincent Millay

    Daniel Mark Epstein

    Yale, pp. 416, £25

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