Margaret Wise Brown's Little-Known Poems for the Tragic Love of Her Life

"In early September 1947, a year after she rewilded the landscape of literature with _Goodnight Moon_, Margaret Wise Brown (May 23, 1910–November 13, 1952) watched the love of her life fade to black. Michael Strange, born Blanche Oelrichs, had cast an instant spell on Margaret — outspoken, sophisticated, and self-possessed, so tall Margaret had to lift her grey-blue eyes to meet the black of Michael’s, her tall frame clad in masculine clothing she herself had designed to cling to her curves, with a musical voice unspooling from her haunting dark beauty, a deep velvet laugh, and a reputation for rarely keeping a promise. In her tight tweed pants and long-tailed blazers and oversized ties, she moved effortlessly through the sea of gloves and lace and whispering society ladies."

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