Edgar Allan Poe, (born January 19, 1809, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. died October 7, 1849, Baltimore, Maryland), American short-story writer, poet, critic, and editor who is famous for his cultivation of mystery and the macabre. His tale “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841) initiated the modern detective story, and the atmosphere in his tales of horror is unrivaled in American fiction. His “The Raven” (1845) numbers among the best-known poems in the national literature. Poe was the son of the English-born actress Elizabeth Arnold Poe and David Poe, Jr., an actor from Baltimore. After his mother died in Richmond, Virginia, in
As a chill becomes present in the air and winter arrives, people love to curl up with a dark Edgar Allan Poe poem to immerse themselves in. Poe is recognized as one of the world s most
If you missed the Gumtree Museum of Arts presentation Sunday afternoon of the remembrance of the Tupelo tornado of 1936, you missed an opportunity to hear novelist Minrose Gwin talk