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Huffingtonpost, October 7: 11 Things You Didn’t Know About Edgar Allen Poe

On October 7, lovers of the mysterious and the melancholy mourn the death of Edgar Allan Poe.  As is appropriate for the man who invented the detective story, he died 164 years ago under baffling circumstances. Scholarly debate still rages as to why he was found, four days before his death, delirious and in borrowed …

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Mrs. Poe Reviewed on Oprah.com

Part romance, part mystery, part biography, this fictional reenactment of the mistress of Edgar Allan Poe escorts you into the glittering world of New York in the 1840s, when poets were celebrities and the admission of emotions—like silk gowns and glossy beaver hats—were a luxury. Leigh Newman reviews Mrs. Poe for Oprah.com.

Wonderful Review from The Militant Reader

Mrs. Poe by Lynn Cullen is a dark and sweepingly romantic fictionalized account of the life of Edger Allan Poe, his young wife, Virginia, and a woman poet, Frances Osgood, who may have meant more to Poe than just being a colleague. more

A Review from Kimberly Eve

From the moment I read the first chapter, I was immediately enthralled by Lynn Cullen’s writing style. It is descriptive and beautiful in nature. With obvious love and admiration for Edgar Allan Poe and his works, the author writes her dialogue scenes with such authenticity you swear you are in the parlor of one of …

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