Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, poet and literary critic. The Boston native only lived until he was 40 years old, but he was one of the most famous literary pioneers. His body of ...

When the New York Evening Mirror published Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” on January 29, 1845, it catapulted both the work and its author to instant fame. Poe, known for his macabre and ...

It’s one of the most recognizable (and spookiest) poems in English. When Poe was writing “The Raven,” his wife, Virginia, was suffering from tuberculosis. It was a weird marriage—Virginia ...

The sixth annual International Edgar Allan Poe Festival returns to Baltimore next month.The two-day event on Oct. 7-8 in west Baltimore celebrates all things Poe just ahead of the spooky season ...

I n the annals of American literary culture, few have left as bold a mark as Edgar Allan Poe. In 1841, with the locked-room mystery “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” Poe invented the genre of detective ...

Starting out strong with some 19th-century poetry, Stevie Nicks took inspiration from an Edgar Allan Poe piece that was published two days after his death. “Annabel Lee” depicts a passionate ...

Spooky season is here, and it's once again Edgar Allan Poe's time to shine. Poe, known for his macabre short stories and poems, is in the spotlight with the new Netflix adaptation The Fall of the ...

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 ...

Welcome to 304 N. Amity Street, the home of Edgar Allan Poe. In his life, Poe wrote more than just "The Raven." ... He was a heavy thinker at the poets desk, and away from it.) ...