Sidekick Press Publications

Blood Too Bright: Floyd Dell Remembers Edna St. Vincent Millay

by Jerri Dell

What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,
I have forgotten*

One hundred years ago, Bohemian author and editor of the radical Masses magazine, Floyd Dell, began a passionate affair with a newcomer to Greenwich Village – the yet to be discovered “girl poet,” Edna St. Vincent Millay. In the years that followed, both Dell and Millay became symbols of early twentieth century feminism, rebellion, and literary freedom.

A century later, while poring over her grandfather Floyd’s papers at Chicago’s Newberry Library, Jerri Dell discovered hundreds of handwritten letters and an unpublished memoir about his love affair with Millay. Finding him as outlandish, entertaining, and insightful as he was when she knew him fifty years before, she chose to bring him and his poet lover back to life within the pages of this book.

My candle burns at both ends
It will not last the night*

Admirers of Edna Millay, as well as Bohemian Village enthusiasts and readers interested in writers who famously influenced social norms, are sure to enjoy this eye-witness account of a fascinating woman and exceptional poet.

*Excerpts from Sonnet XLIII and First Fig by Edna St. Vincent Millay

A six-week journal to feeling healthier and happier every day!

by Melanie Cool

Do you think happiness is in the next house, the next car, the next job, the next relationship, when you make more money, or lose weight? You are not alone. Almost four million people have taken a happiness course at Yale over the last few years looking for the secret to being happy.

The truth is that happiness does not lie in external circumstances.

So where is it? Happiness is right here, right now. And you already hold the answers.

But where does the health part come in? Good question! As it turns out, health and happiness are closely related. The healthier we become the happier we become and vice versa.

This six-week journal will help you on your way to discovering health and happiness.

Learn more about Melanie’s programs at melaniecool.com.