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So which is it: heart attack or drunken fall down the stairs? The article says both -- Jolomo 17:44, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
I made some major changes to the Personal Life section after looking for and failing to find support for much of it, particularly the paragraph about a love triangle between Millay, Djuna Barnes, and Thelma Wood. I also could not verify the claimed relationships with Natalie Clifford Barney and Berenice Abbott. I did find a reference to a relationship with Thelma Wood and kept that with a citation.
Sources I checked were the biographies of Millay by Nancy Milford and Daniel Mark Epstein, Phillip Herring's biography of Djuna Barnes, and Suzanne Rodriguez's biography of Natalie Barney.
Here is the paragraph before I started editing. If any of the stuff I cut can be verified, then by all means restore it.
I think that it is surprising that there is no mention of her alcohol and drug use in the article. I have read that she drank much and used heroin regularly. - Two Halves, but what does he know????? — Preceding undated comment added 23:42, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Why is it not mentioned she was a polyamorist? She's mentioned here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_polyamorists -- SvenAERTS ( talk) 23:00, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Someone should really put the word "bisexual" back in the article itself. I might end up doin git myself, but it would be lovely if someone else took the shot for me lmao. Mildlydiscouraging ( talk) 01:42, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
I'm sure this comment will get deleted. But, evidently, the male chauvinist pig who wrote her biography won't. He can have his fun smearing and whitewashing a truly great person. Do tell. Where is his Pulitzer, or Robert Frost award, etc. I guess he should get an award for being allowed to be the back stabbing snake that he is. And, don't tell me this isn't a him-a nobody, nothing, no talent, never was zip. Maybe you should find someone a little less biased to write this biography. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8081:2300:348f:ada7:4977:611c:7f18 ( talk) 22:12, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
"Many consider "Renascence" and "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver" to be her finest works." This has been tagged with a weasel-words tag for a while, and I think it needs a cite. "Renascence" was very well received, but "Harp-Weaver"? It's not even particularly representative of her work, nor very distinctive. It might be true, though - critics, even people I otherwise agree with (like Martin Gardner), have said all kinds of bizarre stuff about Millay. Vultur ( talk) 16:17, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
The current wiki states: "She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, for The Harp-Weaver, and Other Poems. She was the first woman to be so honored for poetry."
However, http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Poetry states ESVM was not the first woman to receive the Pulitzer for Poetry. Also, the Pulitzer for ESVM was a recognition of more works than are stated in the current wiki:
There is a discussion as to whether Ms. Millay belongs in List of polyamorists and Category:Polyamorous people at Category talk:Polyamorous people#Category and list. -- Andrewaskew ( talk) 01:16, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
'Millay's reputation was damaged by the poetry she wrote about the Allied war effort during World War II.' We can't see what this means. Any flesh on the bones? Valetude ( talk) 14:39, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
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I've heard for years that Millay preferred to be called St. Vincent and used "he/him" pronouns. I'm not sure if there's any real evidence of that. Is anyone familiar? In retrospect, it seems like a false story that maybe Wikipedia itself once repeated. -- IronMaidenRocks ( talk) 11:43, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
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So which is it: heart attack or drunken fall down the stairs? The article says both -- Jolomo 17:44, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
I made some major changes to the Personal Life section after looking for and failing to find support for much of it, particularly the paragraph about a love triangle between Millay, Djuna Barnes, and Thelma Wood. I also could not verify the claimed relationships with Natalie Clifford Barney and Berenice Abbott. I did find a reference to a relationship with Thelma Wood and kept that with a citation.
Sources I checked were the biographies of Millay by Nancy Milford and Daniel Mark Epstein, Phillip Herring's biography of Djuna Barnes, and Suzanne Rodriguez's biography of Natalie Barney.
Here is the paragraph before I started editing. If any of the stuff I cut can be verified, then by all means restore it.
I think that it is surprising that there is no mention of her alcohol and drug use in the article. I have read that she drank much and used heroin regularly. - Two Halves, but what does he know????? — Preceding undated comment added 23:42, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Why is it not mentioned she was a polyamorist? She's mentioned here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_polyamorists -- SvenAERTS ( talk) 23:00, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Someone should really put the word "bisexual" back in the article itself. I might end up doin git myself, but it would be lovely if someone else took the shot for me lmao. Mildlydiscouraging ( talk) 01:42, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
I'm sure this comment will get deleted. But, evidently, the male chauvinist pig who wrote her biography won't. He can have his fun smearing and whitewashing a truly great person. Do tell. Where is his Pulitzer, or Robert Frost award, etc. I guess he should get an award for being allowed to be the back stabbing snake that he is. And, don't tell me this isn't a him-a nobody, nothing, no talent, never was zip. Maybe you should find someone a little less biased to write this biography. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8081:2300:348f:ada7:4977:611c:7f18 ( talk) 22:12, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
"Many consider "Renascence" and "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver" to be her finest works." This has been tagged with a weasel-words tag for a while, and I think it needs a cite. "Renascence" was very well received, but "Harp-Weaver"? It's not even particularly representative of her work, nor very distinctive. It might be true, though - critics, even people I otherwise agree with (like Martin Gardner), have said all kinds of bizarre stuff about Millay. Vultur ( talk) 16:17, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
The current wiki states: "She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, for The Harp-Weaver, and Other Poems. She was the first woman to be so honored for poetry."
However, http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Poetry states ESVM was not the first woman to receive the Pulitzer for Poetry. Also, the Pulitzer for ESVM was a recognition of more works than are stated in the current wiki:
There is a discussion as to whether Ms. Millay belongs in List of polyamorists and Category:Polyamorous people at Category talk:Polyamorous people#Category and list. -- Andrewaskew ( talk) 01:16, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
'Millay's reputation was damaged by the poetry she wrote about the Allied war effort during World War II.' We can't see what this means. Any flesh on the bones? Valetude ( talk) 14:39, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT ( talk) 20:10, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
About two-thirds of stuff in current lead or intro segment should be moved into the body of the article. Lead should briefly summarize topic's notability and content of article which it precedes. 2602:252:D6A:B2C0:2C1C:CAB4:B3AA:3E21 ( talk) 00:16, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
I've heard for years that Millay preferred to be called St. Vincent and used "he/him" pronouns. I'm not sure if there's any real evidence of that. Is anyone familiar? In retrospect, it seems like a false story that maybe Wikipedia itself once repeated. -- IronMaidenRocks ( talk) 11:43, 18 December 2022 (UTC)