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Nancy Milford

Nancy Milford Biography

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Nancy Milford is an American biographer renowned for her in-depth analysis of 20th-century literary giants. Born on March 26, 1938, her works are characterized by their delicate touch and insightful perspectives, revealing the stories behind the lives and creations of literary masters.

Nancy Milford is an American biographer renowned for her in-depth analysis of 20th-century literary giants. Born on March 26, 1938, her works are characterized by their delicate touch and insightful perspectives, revealing the stories behind the lives and creations of literary masters.

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“I never cry at the theatre. It seems to me that I feel things far too deeply, too deep down in my heart, to---to splash on top!”

Feelings Emotion Crying

Book:Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Source: Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay

“Jack Reed, whom The New York Times had labeled "the Bolshevik agitator," hesitated and then equivocated on the stand. But by then the defense of The Masses was plain: criticism of the government didn't amount to a desire to overthrow it. If all hostile opinion were suppressed, how could Americans believe they lived in a free country? Dissent was a safeguard to freedom, not an impediment.”

War Philosophy Politics Freedom Liberty Independence

Book:Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Source: Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay

“The hats were nearly all as though made by somebody who had once heard about flowers but never seen one huge muffs of horror.”

Made Heard Fashion Flower Huge Horror Hats

Author:Nancy Milford

“To be a biographer is a somewhat peculiar endeavor. It seems to me it requires not only the tact, patience, and thoroughness of a scholar but the stamina of a horse.”

Seems Horse Endeavor Peculiar Scholar Stamina Tact Biographers Thoroughness

Book:Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Source: Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay

“Francis Scott Fitzgerald really read culture pretty damn clearly. It was he who understood that artistic achievement, really imaginative work, goes where the money is. Where people can afford to buy books and paintings. He linked money - not always in a positive way - to being able to encourage culture.”

People Book Culture Painting Achievement Artistic Imaginative

Author:Nancy Milford

“Life is impermanent and in the face of that impermanence, cavort! Look death in the eye, tell him you’re as cute as a button, flash a little deviant guile his way, and tell him to go feast on somebody’s else’s sweet flesh.”

Way Looks Littles Eye Faces Life Is Sweet Flesh Cute Flash Buttons Impermanence Deviants Guile

Author:Nancy Milford

“I had never understood quite so clearly the effective power of Jane Jacob's writing - no, her clear-headed observation - as I did reading “What We See”. Maybe that's really the point of writing. That if you take the time to look, to really observe, then you see what is happening, and, with the clarity of that vision, you can act to save neighborhoods.”

Ifs Writing Looks Reading Vision Clear Happenings Understood Clarity Observation Neighborhood Jane Jacob

Author:Nancy Milford

About the Author

Born: March 26, 1938
Known for: Biographer
Quotes: 7

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