Her best-known spouse was the writer and critic Edmund Wilson, whom she married in 1938 after leaving her lover Philip Rahv, and with whom she had a son, Reuel Wilson.
O seu esposo máis coñecido foi o escritor e crítico Edmund Wilson, con quen casou en 1938 despois de deixar o seu amante Philip Rahv, e con quen tivo un fillo, Reuel Wilson.