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Admirable Women
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Edna St. Vincent Millay was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for #Poetry (1923) for her collection, "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver, A Few Figs from Thistles & Eight Sonnets in American Poetry." One of the most celebrated literary figures of the early 20th century. She died #OTD in 1950.

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Clay Risen
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Here’s a fact that lives rent free in my head: Edna St Vincent Millay took Edmund Wilson’s virginity (according to Lewis Dabney’s biography of Wilson).

OppositionHQ
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Think not for this, however, the poor treason Of my stout blood against my staggering brain, I shall remember you with love, or season My scorn with pity,—let me make it plain: I find this frenzy insufficient reason For conversation when we meet again. - a Millay mic-drop. 💀

LnchL80
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never heard of her. thanks so much for sharing ❤️📚 i can place books on hold at the library. hopefully she’s not a banned book. texas and florida are two of the worst censorship offenders.