The classic collection of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Pulitzer Prize 1923. Illustrated: Renascence, A Few Figs from Thistles, Second April, The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver, and other Poems

by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay (February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950) was an American lyrical poet and playwright. Millay was a renowned social figure and noted feminist in New York City during the Roaring Twenties and beyond. She wrote much of her prose and hackwork verse under the pseudonym Nancy Boyd.
Millay won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her poem "Ballad of the Harp-Weaver"; she was the first woman and second person to win the award. In 1943, Millay was the sixth person and the second woman to be awarded the Frost Medal for her lifetime contribution to American poetry.

RENASCENCE AND OTHER POEMS
A FEW FIGS FROM THISTLES
SECOND APRIL
THE BALLAD OF THE HARP-WEAVER

144 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 13, 2023

About the author

Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet and playwright. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, the third woman to win the award for poetry, and was also known for her feminist activism and her many love affairs. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work.

This famous portrait of Vincent (as she was called by friends) was taken by Carl Van Vechten in 1933.