Tag Archives: Elinor Wylie

“I love humanity but I hate people.” — poet Edna St. Vincent Millay

Posted on February 22, 2026 by sheila

Edna St. Vincent Millay was born on this day in 1892 in Rockland, Maine. “Boys don’t like me anyway because I won’t let them kiss me. It’s just like this: let boys kiss you and they’ll like you but you … Continue reading →

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“I am better able to imagine hell than heaven; it is my inheritance, I suppose.” — poet Elinor Wylie

Posted on September 7, 2025 by sheila

She was born on this day. I am not familiar with the full scope of Elinor Wylie’s work, but what I do know strikes my fancy. Unlike the other free verse modernists of the day, Wylie liked structure and form. … Continue reading →

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Rebecca West on Elinor Wylie

Posted on October 2, 2009 by sheila

Here is my post on haunting poet and novelist Elinor Wylie. I am still unable to read any one thing for a long stretch of time. It is rather disturbing, and I keep NOT finishing books. I have NOT finished … Continue reading →

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The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Elinor Wylie

Posted on December 15, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 1: Modern Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair I love her stuff. I am not familiar with the full scope of her work, … Continue reading →

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