An excerpt from a recent paper, "Edgar Allan Poe: A Psychological Profile": An examination of the letters Poe wrote to family reveals that he was a dramatic individual. He often used excessive, theatrical language, poignantly captured in his statement, "I do believe God gave me a spark of genius, but He quenched it in misery" … Continue reading Poor Edgar Allan
Almost the entire blogosphere, including the Dish, is mocking Arthur Brisbane for his post on whether the NYT should be interested in the truth. Jack Shafer is an exception:
I think [Brisbane] was asking how fully reporters must tweeze every utterance spoken by newsmakers. Politics teems with gray areas and half-truths. If a reporter were to investigate every assertion of fact — assuming that that’s possible on deadline — the story he was supposed to be working on would dissolve into pixel dust.
E.J. Wagner recounts the eerie Salem, Massachusetts murder that captivated the nation and likely influenced the literature of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne:
The Daily What writes, "Yo Balloon Boy, I’m happy for you, and I’mma let you finish, but Edgar Allan Poe had the best balloon hoax of all time." Bill Lucey takes it away: On April 13, 1844, Edgar Allan Poe wrote an article in The New York Sun, chronicling how Monck Mason, leaving England for … Continue reading When Poe Punk’d America
Edgar Allan Poe got there before reality television, a reader lets me know: I had now gone so far as the conception of a Raven—the bird of ill omen—monotonously repeating the one word, "Nevermore," at the conclusion of each stanza, in a poem of melancholy tone, and in length about one hundred lines. Now, never … Continue reading America’s Next Top (Dead) Model, Ctd
