Monday, August 31, 2015

The Poisoning of Edgar and Virginia Poe

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Rene Van Slooten, one of the more original and insightful Poe scholars out there, has an interesting article about how analysis of Edgar...
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Monday, May 11, 2015

If the Truth Be Told, Most Books About Poe Give Me a Similar Urge

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Logansport Tribune, January 9, 1911
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Today's PSA For the Historically Illiterate

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To All You Nincompoops Who Have Been Posting This on Pinterest, Reddit, and Tumblr as a Genuine Photo of Edgar Allan Poe and Abraham Lincoln...
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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Yet Another Reason Why the Internet is a Poe Blogger's Hell

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The above photo is one I have been seeing all over the internet lately, particularly on Twitter. It is always described, without reserv...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

A Birthday Bash, in Every Sense of the Word

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I do not like thee, Griswold, R., I hate thee near, I hate thee far. I hate the bios that you write, I hate them day, I hate them nig...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Poe Libel of the Day

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Behold, as the city of Boston presents the Rufus Griswold Biography of memorial statues . After all these years, the Frogpondians have...
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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Happy Birthday, Edgar!

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For this year's Poe Birthday Tribute, I am reprinting two articles published around the time of the Poe Centenary.  The first is ...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Halloween With Edgar

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What is Halloween without Edgar Allan Poe?  What is Edgar Allan Poe without absurd, insulting apocryphal stories about his drinking habits? ...
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