Written by Kelly Keener In the fall of 2016, I acquired Elizabeth Fries Ellet’s autograph album. Ellet, a contemporary of Poe’s, was known to the public during her time for...
Written by Victoria Meader “To me his prose is unreadable—like Jane Austen’s. No, there is a difference. I could read his prose on salary, but not Jane’s. Jane is entirely impossible.”...
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Did you know Edgar Allan Poe had Irish ancestry? Edgar’s great-great grandfather, David Poe, is the namesake for Poe’s grandfather and father. David Poe of Dring, in the Parish...
The release of Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights (2026), though not a literal adaptation of Emily Brontë’s masterpiece, has reignited public fascination with her gothic...
“Quoth the Raven, ‘Wahoowa!’” Today, February 14th, marks the 200th anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe’s enrollment at the University of Virginia. Poe entered the...
1845 was an influential year in the American literary sphere. In that year, two radically opposing works gained international recognition: The Narrative of Fredrick...
Today marks the 208th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s seminal Gothic novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. For over two centuries, Frankenstein has captivated audiences, whether through the...
To me his prose is unreadable — like Jane Austen’s. No, there is a difference. I could read his prose on salary, but not Jane’s. Jane is entirely impossible...
Congratulations to the winner of the Poe Museum’s and Hotel Greene’s writing contest: Lee Blanton. Check our Lee’s submission below as well as the submissions from our runner ups!...
