Burning Candles: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay (2008)
2008 · 1h 33m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
She was her generation’s Madonna and Bob Dylan rolled into one—and yet, by the 1970s, major poetry anthologies no longer mentioned Edna St. Vincent Millay. She had become a lost poet, her literary status mirroring her untimely death.
Director: Robert A. Duncan
Writers: Robert A. Duncan
Music by: John Sereda, Paul Michael Thomas
Editor: Janice Brown
Cast
Edna St. Vincent Millay as Herself (Archival Footage)Robert A. Duncan as NarratorJennifer Lines as ReaderJ.D. McClatchy as Editor, Yale ReviewElizabeth Barnett as Literary ExecutorNancy Milford as Biographer: "Savage Beauty"Daniel Mark Epstein as Biographer: "What Lips My Lips Have Kissed"Stephen Young as Poetry MagazineChristian Wiman as Poetry MagazineHolly Peppe as Millay ScholarMore like this
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