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If you have any doubt whether Poe loved Francis Osgood, check out this poem that…

If you have any doubt whether Poe loved Francis Osgood, check out this poem that he wrote to her in 1845. Happy Birthday, Edgar! To Frances S. Osgood | The Works of Edgar Allan Poe | Edgar Allan Poe | Lit2Go ETCetc.usf.eduPoe, E. (1903). To Frances S. Osgood. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Lit2Go …

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Will the Poe Toaster pay his homage in the wee hours tonight? http://www.todayif…

Will the Poe Toaster pay his homage in the wee hours tonight? http://ift.tt/17u3G3Y The Legend of the Poe Toasterhttp://ift.tt/nloV40On an autumn evening, October third to be exact, in 1849, a middle-aged Edgar Allan Poe was found wandering the streets of Baltimore, Maryland in a delusional, hysterical state. Unkempt, dirty, with “vacant eyes” and in someone …

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Hot dog! MRS. POE is in People.com this weekend. NOW I know how I’m going to c…

Hot dog! MRS. POE is in People.com this weekend. NOW I know how I'm going to celebrate Poe's 205 birthday on Sunday! Congratulations to Mary Sharratt and Amy Tan. What fancy company Mrs. Poe is keeping! What We're Reading This Weekend: Historical Fictionwww.people.comTwelfth-century Germany, Victorian-era America, China in the 1900s: our staffers are in the …

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This lovely and lively book club of ten years let me sit in with them via faceti…

This lovely and lively book club of ten years let me sit in with them via facetime last night. I don't take for granted the privilege–and pleasure!–of talking with readers while sipping wine at home. Conversaziones have come a long way from Anne Charlotte Lynch's Greenwich Village parlor. Thank you, Shanna Garza, for hosting this …

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It’s exciting to think that both Poe and Frances were alive when Dante Gabriel R…

It's exciting to think that both Poe and Frances were alive when Dante Gabriel Rosetti did this drawing for 'The Raven.' Thank you, Kimberly Eve, for sharing this cool image with me. Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery Pre-Raphaelite Online Resource : The Collectionhttp://ift.tt/YEHZ8TBirmingham Museums and Art Gallery is the largest local authority museum service in …

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