Working Girl
Edna St. Vincent Millay’s
most enduring muse was her heart,
but her brains and strong work ethic
transformed her into a literary sensation.
BY KATE BOLICK
BY EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY
excerpt
“There’s nothing in the house
To make a boy breeches,
Nor shears to cut a cloth with
Nor thread to take stitches.