Edgar Allan Poe’s life was a mess. But his work was in his command. A new biography by Richard Kopley is a sympathetic portrait of the horror master, connecting his life story to his fiction.

If any Edgar Allan Poe work anticipated how the author would find life after his mysterious death, it is the fate of the young bride in “The Oval Portrait”: a body withered away in neglect ...

Edgar Allan Poe, who would have turned 215 years old on Jan. 19, 2024, ... Griswold’s defamatory portrait, along with the grim subject matter of Poe’s stories and poems, ...

Mr. Kopley intends this biography to be “accessible to all.” Alas, while “Edgar Allan Poe” will no doubt assist those in academia, the armchair Poe enthusiast is likely to find it tough going.

A new biography, “Edgar Allan Poe” by Richard Kopley, is a sympathetic portrait of the horror master, connecting his life ...

On Oct. 3, 1849, American poet Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious, confused and wearing someone else’s ratty clothes in a Baltimore, Maryland gutter. Yes, literally! He was taken to a nearby ...

Podcasts >; Arts >; Poe Theatre on the Air From WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore. Part radio drama, part podcast, and all Edgar Allan Poe. A new spine-tingling play for your ears every month, adapted from ...

On Oct. 9, 1849, the New-York Tribune published an unusually tart obituary. “Edgar Allan Poe is dead. He died in Baltimore the day before yesterday. This announcement will startle many, but few ...

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 ...

Mr. Kopley intends this biography to be “accessible to all.” Alas, while “Edgar Allan Poe” will no doubt assist those in academia, the armchair Poe enthusiast is likely to find it tough going.