The Millay Society at Steepletop

05/26/2026

The Millay Society at Steepletop is thrilled to be a host site
Saturday June 6, 2026 11:30am-1pm

Join the The Millay Society and The Cultural Landscape Foundation for a FREE tour of Steepletop's Grounds, part of What’s Out There Weekend Upper Hudson Valley, happening this June 6-7.

This two-day event, organized by The Cultural Landscape Foundation in collaboration with a host of sponsors features FREE, expert-led tours of two-dozen sites, including parks, estates, gardens, cemeteries, campuses, and neighborhoods that illuminate the distinctive landscape legacy and local character of the region extending across Columbia, Greene, Albany, and Rensselaer Counties.

Tours will fill up fast—secure your spot now.

Registration required:
www.tclf.org/whats-out-there-weekend-upper-hudson-valley

If you are attending the Steepletop tour on June 6, please meet at the Visitors Center - 440 East Hill Rd. Austerlitz, NY. Tour will start promptly at 11am so please plan to arrive a few minutes early.

Looking forward to seeing you at Steepletop on June 6!

05/20/2026

Spring has sprung at Steepletop

05/14/2026

We always love learning about fellow Millay aficionados, so we were happy to read a recent New Yorker “Talk of the Town” piece about celebrated actor Ellen Burstyn’s discovery of her poetry when she was a teenager. We understand that she writes about Millay in her new book, Poetry Says It Better, too—can’t wait to read it.

Ellen, if you see this -- we’d love to host you at Steepletop one day!

05/12/2026

The Millay Society is proud to host a Steepletop grounds tour as part of the "What’s Out There Weekend Upper Hudson Valley".

Don’t miss this weekend of FREE expert-led tours organized by , happening June 6–7. Featured are two-dozen sites, including parks, estates, gardens, cemeteries, campuses, and neighborhoods that illuminate the distinctive landscape legacy and local character of the region extending across Columbia, Greene, Albany, and Rensselaer Counties.

Register here:
What's Out There Weekend Upper Hudson Valley | TCLF

05/10/2026

Cora with her three daughters - Vincent, Norma and Kathleen.
Happy Mother's Day

05/08/2026

Millay wrote in a May 19th letter:
“The crab apple tree by the front door is in full blossom and was never so beautiful as this spring.”

The tree dates to the 1890s and can be seen in historic photographs from the Bailey family’s ownership of the property.

It's beauty is still true at 130+ years old, born sometime around the same time as the poet.

05/06/2026

Bulbs are up at Steepletop!

04/28/2026

With profound sadness, we announce the death of Holly Peppe (1950-2026), literary executor of Millay’s work since 2012 and president of The Millay Society from 1986-2001. Diagnosed with leptomeningeal cancer in 2022, Holly continued to advise the Society, as well as writers and researchers, until recent months.

Well-known as the pre-eminent scholar on Millay, Holly wrote her Ph.D. thesis on the poet’s work; her essays anchored numerous collections of Millay’s poetry published by Penguin Classics, Harper Perennial, and Yale University Press over the decades, as well as YUP’s recent publications of the poet’s diaries and letters. She lectured widely on Millay’s life and work, and was a generous, yet rigorous, mentor to scholars, researchers, and writers around the world.

Holly first came to Steepletop in the early 1980s, while she was working on her thesis, to meet the poet’s sister, Norma Millay, founder and first president of The Millay Society, and lived on the property until Norma’s death in 1986. Upon Norma’s death, Holly took over her role as president of the Society.

An inspiring and tireless ambassador for Millay’s work, Holly was also a consummate communications professional who established her own successful firm, as well as an accomplished poet.

The Millay Society deeply mourns her passing.

04/20/2026

Thank you Scenic Hudson !

Hudson Valley Viewfinder is a collaborative digital magazine celebrating the inspirational beauty of Hudson Valley communities and nature.

04/15/2026

Hepatica (of the buttercup family) has shown itself on the hill.