Mark Dawidziak's fresh new biography of Edgar Allan Poe, A Mystery of Mysteries, is cleverly framed as an investigation into the writer’s puzzling demise: Poe died in Baltimore in 1849 at age 40 under ...
Edgar Allan Poe does not suffer from a shortage of biographers, and Richard Kopley pays tribute to two of them: Arthur Hobson Quinn and Kenneth Silverman. So, what is there to add? The short answer, ...
It's been almost 175 years since the death of Edgar Allan Poe — one of the most recognizable poets in American history. While Poe was best known for his work in the horror genre, there is much more to ...
Tuesday January 19 is the birthday of one of America's most-celebrated short-story writers: Edgar Allan Poe. Though he's most-well-known for his works of Gothic horror, Poe also wrote humor, satire, ...
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An Unhappy Hour with Edgar Allan Poe

Wondering who is the Godfather of horror stories? Edgar Allan Poe leads the pack. Poe revolutionized the genre in the 1840s ...
FESTIVAL. THIS IS THE LAST SURVIVING HOME IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, WHERE EDGAR ALLAN POE AND HIS FAMILY KNOWN TO HAVE LIVED. AND WE ARE ABOUT TO CELEBRATE OUR 75TH ANNIVERSARY IN WEST BALTIMORE ON ...
How well do you know the macabre motifs of Halloween’s favorite writer? Try matching the Edgar Allan Poe quote to the spooky short story. Poe published hundreds of short stories, essays, poems, ...
The manuscript of Poe’s poem “For Annie,” written while he was living in a Bronx cottage after his wife’s death, is up for auction. By James Barron The first installment of an essay series on ...