Fatal Interview: Sonnets

Here are the sonnets from Millay's most popular period. In this volume, she shows herself an ardent lover of life and beauty. Here, in a matchless sonnet sequence, is enshrined the quintessence of her emotional and artistic power. She brings new color and new splendor to this classic poetic form. The New York Times described her as "an idol of the younger generation during the glorious early days of Greenwich Village... One of the greatest American poets of her time." Thomas Hardy said that America had two great attractions: the skyscraper and the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Woman of Today (1925) labelled Millay as the "outstanding young poet of the day."