10. Edna St. Vincent Millay, 75 1/2 Bedford Street, Manhattan
Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay lived in this narrow home for a few short years between 1923 and 1925. Representing the modern woman of the 1920s, Millay, who was openly bisexual, was a major part of Bohemian culture in Greenwich Village. The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet also lived briefly at 139 Waverly Place and 25 Charlton Street. She left New York City with her husband in 925 for their estate, Steepletop, in Austerlitz, New York which is now home to the Edna St. Vincent Millay Society.
Bonus: Tennessee Williams, 235 East 58th Street, Manhattan
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Tennessee Williams, lived in this Midtown apartment with his partner, Frank Merlo, for around 2 years on and off between 1948 and 1951. In one of his most famous and popular works, A Streetcar Named Desire, he demonstrates the typical queer experience at the time: hiding your true identity. His sexuality influenced his work heavily as his homosexuality was an “open secret” which was confirmed post-Stonewall officially.
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