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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
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Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) portrait by Carl Van Vecht April 3, 1938. Writer, folklorist and anthropologist celebrated African American culture of the rural South.
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Biographies include Vincent Sheean, The Indigo Bunting (1951, reissued 1973); Miriam Gurko, Restless Spirit (1962); and Norman A. Brittin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, rev. ed. (1982). William B. Thesing (ed.), Critical Essays on Edna St. Vincent Millay (1993); and Diane P. Freedman (ed.), Millay at 100: A Critical Reappraisal (1995), offer critical analyses.

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Anniversary information added. Feb 18, 2026
Anniversary information added. Oct 15, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Mar 27, 2024
Invalidated site: Literary Destinations - Biography of ​​Edna St. Vincent Millay. Feb 13, 2020
Add new Web site: Vassar Encyclopedia - Biography of Edna St. Vincent Millay. May 08, 2019
Add new Web site: Literary Destinations - Biography of ​​Edna St. Vincent Millay. May 08, 2019
Added photograph. Dec 29, 2015
Add new Web site: Modern American Poetry - Biography of Edna St. Vincent Millay. May 22, 2015
Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of Edna St. Vincent Millay. May 22, 2015
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Edna St Vincent Millay. Aug 02, 2013
Added new Web site: Pegasos - Biography of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Sep 19, 2006
Added new Web site: Pegasos - Biography of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Sep 19, 2006
Added new Web site: Academy of American Poets - Biography of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Aug 11, 2006
Article revised. Dec 30, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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