Description: Using letters, diaries, and journals of Edna St. Vincent Millay and her lovers that have only recently become available, Epstein tells the astonishing story of the life, dedicated to art and love, that inspired the poet's sublime lyrics. 8-page insert.
Brief description: Daniel Mark Epstein is an award-winning essayist, poet, playwright, translator, biographer, and musician. He's received the Prix de Rome and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and has been anthologized in several collections of essays and poetry. His books include biographies of Aimee Semple McPherson, Nat King Cole, and seven volumes of poetry. He lives in Baltimore.
Review Quotes:
"Epstein creates a rendering worthy of the poet's energetic life." --People magazine
"Epstein is one of the strongest poets now writing in English. He is also a musician and a scholar; and, as [What Lips My Lips Have Kissed] makes clear, an expert biographer." --Jeffrey Hart, National Review "Rapturous . . . [Epstein] extols Millay, persuasively, as 'America's foremost love poet.'" --Merle Rubin, The Wall Street Journal