In 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 ...

Who doesn't love a little gothic theater?

Poe is known for his ingenious short stories and poems, which often lean macabre.

The famed poet died in ‘delirium’, wearing someone else’s clothes. Over 170 years later, we’re still searching for answers. Poet and novelist Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849. The culprit ...

To borrow a current idiom, Edgar Allan Poe was a lot. Which means, almost syllogistically, that any biography of him — even one as thoughtful and compassionate as Richard Kopley’s “Edgar Allan Poe” — ...

The final days of the American writer who waxed poetic on the macabre is a greater mystery than anything he ever wrote CORBIS/Corbis via Getty American writer Edgar Allan Poe embodied mystery and the ...

Edgar Allan Poe was more than a tormented poetic and literary genius writing macabre stories of gloom; he also was a husband, a companion and a friend. “He was a social person. He wasn’t some ...

Edgar Allan Poe admired earlier writers like poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who wrote “How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways,” and Lord Byron, who penned “Don Juan.” Another of his greatest ...

“Anora” Oscar winner Mikey Madison is in talks to star in an adaptation of an Edgar Allan Poe story called “The Masque of the Red Death” that is set up at A24, an individual with knowledge of the ...

It's getting closer and closer to Halloween, and that means its the season to tell ghost stories and other spooky tales. Now is the time to plan your trip to East Bridgewater or Salem, where you can ...

Hear about Poe's time in Fordham, his historical and literary significance, and his legacy in Fordham and beyond See artifacts used by the Poe family, from Poe's rocking chair to the bed his young ...

EXPECTED TO DRAW PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS WAS THE HOME WHERE POE BEGINS HIS PROFESSIONAL WRITING CAREER, BEGINS TO WRITE SHORT STORIES. ALL OF THE GRUESOME, GOTHIC THINGS THAT PEOPLE GET ...