Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
The city where Edgar Allan Poe died will celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth with a year's worth of exhibits and events, including a funeral re-enactment befitting the morose writer.
Desicritics (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Dr Christopher Rollason is a British national living in France. He obtained his Ph.D. from York University (England) in 1988, with a dissertation on Edgar Allan Poe. For eight years up to 1987 he was a member of the Department of Anglo-American Studies at the Faculty of Letters of Coimbra University (Portugal). Dr Rollason has worked in recent years in various contexts -- institutional contacts, conferences,...
ShoppingBlog.com (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
John Reznikoff gives the Wall Street Journal a tour of his large collection of the hair of celebrities and historical figures. The WSJ says Reznikoff has the most expansive collection of famous locks in the world. His impressive collection includes hair from Abraham Lincoln, Edgar Allan Poe, Albert Einstein and Marilyn Monroe. Reznikoff has been able to sell tiny pieces of his collection. In 2007,...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
Mark Crick performs 'Hanging Wallpaper with Ernest Hemmingway' and 'Boarding an Attic with Edgar Allan Poe'
Crafty Green Poet (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
This is a wonderful little book, packed full of great poems about birds of all types. The book is divided into sections such as: The Backyard; The Hawk and Legendary and Emblematic Birds. Poems include classics such as Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven and Wallace Stevens' 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird along with less well known poems by a diverse array of poets including Walt Whitman, Lewis Carrol...
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
Edgar Allan Poe has been all over crime fiction news recently, starting with last month’s Bouchercon held in his adopted home town of Baltimore, and the location of his final resting place. Mystery fans from all over the world paid homage to the great master while celebrating the genre for which he is best known. We learned earlier this week that Baltimore’s Poe House and The Edgar Allan Poe
Slog (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
Fortress of Fortitude has scans of a lovely comic book adaptation of a Ray Bradbury short story that features Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, and Charles Dickens, among others. It's totally worth fifteen minutes of your employer's time.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
Responses to readers' comments on a photography column, with discussions ranging from Edgar Allan Poe to Wile E. Coyote.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
Thousands journey far and wide to view Edgar Allan Poe's grave in Baltimore, whose football team is named for his most famous poem. In New York, Philadelphia, and Richmond, Va., droves of devotees visit museums in the itinerant poet's former homes.
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
• As The Gumshoe Site reports, The Edgar Allan Poe Society and The Poe House in Baltimore, Maryland, have been selected to receive the Mystery Writers of America’s 2009 Raven Award for “outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside the realm of creative writing.” That commendation will be presented during the annual Edgar Awards banquet in New York City on April 30, 2009. • I know I’m
LisNews (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
NEW YORK, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Mystery Writers of America (MWA) has chosen the Edgar Allan Poe Society and The Poe House in Baltimore, Maryland, as the 2009 recipients of the organization's prestigious Raven Award. More from Earth Times .
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
NEW YORK, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Mystery Writers of America (MWA) has chosen the Edgar Allan Poe Society and The Poe House in Baltimore, Maryland, as the 2009 recipients of the organization's prestigious Raven Award. To be presented at Mystery Writers of America's 63rd Annual Edgar(R) Awards Banquet at The Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City on April 30, 2009, the Raven Award is bestowed by MWA's...
Manly Pointer (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
All the we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream -Edgar Allan Poe I've always loved that poem. It popped into my mind last night during class. Another recurring theme lately has been about how we impose our stories on others. We don't understand and appreciate people for who they are, but for who we want them to be. We view them from our own particular views and beliefs. This is why we end up being...
Free lyrics (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
These are the stories of Edgar Allan Poe not exactly the boy next door He'll tell you ta
Opera Chic (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Leonard Slatkin kicked out the scary jams in Baltimore and conducted the BSO in, among other good stuff, his own "The Raven", his musical hommage to the great American poet and generally nuts Edgar Allan Poe composed in 1971 to...
