Andrew—
There is no biography of Frost, in my opinion, that isn't skewed one way or the other. The best, in the sense of being the least skewed, is probably Jeffrey Meyers'. Jay Parini's is also very good, though I can't help thinking that Parini is a little too fond of his subject. You might also like A Literary Life Reconsidered by William H. Pritchard. It's less a generic biography and more a re-evaluation, after the backlash set in motion by Larry Thompson, of Frost as poet. Finally, there is of course the official biography. This one, unless you really want to know what all the fuss was about, is worth avoiding. It's a perfect example of what happens when a closed mind tries to comprehend an open mind.
As for Frost's essays, there's a pretty decent collection of them in the LOA edition of Frost's works. Alternatively, you might consider the recently published Collected Prose of Robert Frost by Mark Richardson—all his essays in one volume.
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