io9 (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Edgar Allan Poe's original funeral was a disaster — it was never announced publicly, almost nobody attended, and a trainwreck destroyed his tombstone before it could be placed. So on his 200th... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Poetry & Poets in Rags (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
for funerals. We want to make it as realistic as possible," said Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum. The funeral is arguably the splashiest of a year's worth of events marking the 200th anniversary of Poe's birth. Along with Baltimore--where he spent some of his leanest years in the mid-1830s--Poe lived in or had strong connections to Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Richmond....
Le {e} petit monde (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
I'll be living the simple life in the dirty South for the next 10 days. Well, actually 7 days..we'll also be spending 3 full days in New York City! I secretly hope to live there one day, Nat doesn't know it yet! He does but won't give in. The rest of the trip we'll be in Richmond, Virginia. The last time I visited I was insanely bored and stuck at home. Not to mention, August weather in the south is...
Buttermilk & Molasses (Free subscription) | 08/17/2009
I'm not sure how I feel about the Association for the Advancement of Retired People (AARP) and their love of Richmond. But their travel writer, Peter Greenberg, maps out an East Coast road trip that sails straight through the heart...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 03/05/2009
Edgar Allan Poe apologizes to his publishers for drinking too much and asks them to buy an article because he's "desperately pushed for money" in an 1842 letter acquired by the University of Virginia for an exhibition marking the author's 200th birthday.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 03/04/2009
Edgar Allan Poe apologizes to his publishers for drinking too much and asks them to buy an article because he's "desperately pushed for money" in an 1842 letter acquired by the University of Virginia for an exhibition marking the author's 200th birthday.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 01/19/2009
Jan. 19 marks the 200th birthday of Edgar Allan Poe, and five cities that stake a claim to the mystery writer’s life just won’t let him rest in peace.
The Informed Traveler (Free subscription) | 01/09/2009
2009 is the bicentennial of the birth of one of America’s most popular writers. Edgar Allan Poe spent more than a third of his life in Richmond, and the city’s Edgar Allan Poe Museum has the world’s finest collection of letters, first editions, and personal items. Though exhibitions and performances will be happening across the [...]
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
AN INTERNATIONAL art exhibition will ensure that the memory of a bare-footed urchin from Liverpool who became an artist of international renown will not be forgotten.
Buttermilk & Molasses (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
The shame of it is that it looks like a lot of work went into the development of the RVANews Worst and Best throw down. I think they should have asked more abstract, post-modern, obscure questions, but the last time...
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