Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Virginia Poe's Raven

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Virginia Clemm Poe died on this day in 1847, at the age of twenty-four.  On February second, she was buried in the family vault of John Vale...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Happy Anniversary to "The Raven"

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As you may know, on this day in 1845, one of the most famous birds in literature made its debut in the "New   York Evening Mirror....
Saturday, January 19, 2013

Happy 204th, Edgar!

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“Aye, aye, but my dear Mr. Phillegrim, this same Edgar A. Poe is--is--rather a bitter fellow, and has a way of his own of using up all humb...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Moonlighting

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This is just to alert (warn?) all of you that I'm doing a guest post at ghost story writer/blogger Andrea Janes' Bourbon and Tea...

A Parody of "Annabel Lee"

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Subtitle:  "Yes, I Waste My Life and Probably Rot My Brain Hunting Down Stuff Like This." "Deborah Lee," written by Wi...
Monday, December 31, 2012

A Poe New Year's Eve. Hear the Bloggers With the Bells!

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No fireworks--this is a pretty low-budget blog--but we can still ring in the New Year at World of Poe.  I present Sergei Rachmaninov's ...
Monday, December 24, 2012

A Poe-Themed Christmas Tale. Bah, Gold-Bug.

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A little holiday reading:  Here is George Ade's 1903 story “The Set of Poe."  I grant you, it's no “A Christmas Carol," b...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Marginalia: Some Horrible, Terrible, No Good Very Bad Poe Anecdotes

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…In other words, perfect Undine Blog Fodder! These two shaggy dog stories appeared in the “Cosmopolitan Art Journal” for December 1858. ...