Foxwell on Millay and mystery.

Millay, NYPL

Mystery Scene has recently posted my 2003 article on "'Me and Eddie Poe: Edna St. Vincent Millay's Foray into Mystery," which discusses Millay's "Murder in the Fishing Cat" and possible motivations in attempting to write mystery.

Edna St. Vincent Millay's home now open to the public.

As the Albany Times-Union reports, Steepletop (the Austerlitz, NY, home of poet, Provincetown Players member, and Pulitzer Prize recipient Edna St. Vincent Millay) has been opened to the public.

As I noted in my spring 2003 article in Mystery Scene, "'Me and Eddie Poe': Edna St. Vincent Millay's Dips into Mystery," Millay had a short-lived flirtation with mystery stories, including one, "Murder in the Fishing Cat," that eventually was reprinted in EQMM.

About the image: Edna St. Vincent Millay, NYPL

Happy birthday, Edward Gorey;
Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Noted artist with a bent for the macabre Edward Gorey was born today in Chicago in 1925. In addition to books such as The Wuggly Ump (1963), he produced the opening titles for the PBS Mystery! series and the stage design for the Broadway production of Dracula starring Frank Langella.

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay was born today in Maine in 1892. As I noted in my spring 2003 Mystery Scene article "'Me and Eddie Poe,'" Millay dabbled in mystery, producing a handful of stories that included "The Murder in the Fishing Cat," which was published in the May 1950 EQMM and a few anthologies.