The World of Edgar Allan Poe

Every so often, Edgar makes the dreadful mistake of Googling himself. Yes, it's time for yet another peek at some of the internet ...

The following comes from an interview with a painter named John Arnold that appeared in the “Boston Herald” around the time of Poe’s Ce...

Poe often wrote about his fascination with cryptography, most notably in a series of articles published in “Alexander’s Weekly Messenger” an...

The following appeared in the “(Troy) Kansas Chief” for Feb 19, 1880. It originally ran in the “Baltimore Bulletin” at a date unknown to...

On this date last year, I prepared a little birthday tribute to the remarkable Rufus Wilmot Griswold. The experience inspired me to st...

Even fans of Poe’s writings are often unaware that for the last six years of his life, he was also a successful lecturer. Unfortunately, th...

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...

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....