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This week in the magazine, Jill Lepore considers some of the more fascinating aspects of Edgar Allan Poe’s character, like his penchant for puzzles. Here, she offers our readers a chance to take on ...

January 19, 2018 marks mystery and horror writer Edgar Allan Poe's 209th birthday. The poet and writer died when he was just 40 years old, but he left behind a treasure trove of literary riches — ...

Rhianna Malas is a creative writer and essayist currently living in Melbourne, Australia. An RMIT alum, she has self produced a comic zine, and has written short stories and creative non-fiction ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: The Pale Blue Eye on Netflix is a new murder mystery movie that asks the question: Hey, what if Edgar Allan Poe was there? The Pale Blue Eye, which began streaming today, ...

Edgar Allan Poe built his reputation by writing stories filled with mystery, murder, and psychological horror. Few authors have influenced literature as profoundly, inspiring generations of writers ...

Edgar Allan Poe. The Bard of Baltimore. You know him, and you know his work. Admit it: Back in high school, you couldn't get enough of the guy. His whole haunted, hollow-eyed vibe perfectly matched ...

Once upon a gray day dreary, the writer staggered, weak and weary. He collapsed on a Baltimore sidewalk, never to fully regain consciousness. Four days later, on Oct. 7, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe died in ...

Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City all have museums dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe. However, New York City goes above and beyond these other cities in memorializing this great American ...

The best Edgar Allen Poe quotes prove why his poetry made him one of the most important and influential American writers of the 19th century. Poe completely transformed the horror genre and was an ...

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Edgar Allan Poe, who would have turned 214 years old on Jan. 19, 2023, remains one of the world’s most recognizable and popular literary figures. But as a Poe scholar, I sometimes wonder whether Poe’s ...