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Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, short story writer, editor and literary critic and is described as the father of the modern detective story. Some of his most famous writings of mystery and the macabre include "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "The Pit and the Pendulum." "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is widely recognized as the first mystery-detective story. Among his most cited poems are "Annabel Lee" and "The Raven." Born in 1809 in Boston, Poe's parents died when he was young and he was raised by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. Poe's publishing career began in 1827 with an anonymous collection of poems, "Tamerlane and Other Poems." On Oct. 7, 1849, Poe d...
Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, short story writer, editor and literary critic and is described as the father of the modern detective story. Some of his most famous writings of mystery and the macabre include "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "The Pit and the Pendulum." "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is widely recognized as the first mystery-detective story. Among his most cited poems are "Annabel Lee" and "The Raven." Born in 1809 in Boston, Poe's parents died when he was young and he was raised by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Va. Poe's publishing career began in 1827 with an anonymous collection of poems, "Tamerlane and Other Poems." On Oct. 7, 1849, Poe died at the age of 40 in Baltimore. The cause of his death is undetermined and has been attributed to alcohol, drugs, cholera, rabies, suicide, tuberculosis, heart disease, brain congestion and other conditions. The bar in which Poe was last seen drinking still stands in Fells Point in Baltimore. Known today as The Horse You Came In On, local lore insists that a ghost they call "Edgar" haunts the rooms above. The earliest surviving home in which Poe lived is in Baltimore, preserved as the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum. Since 1949, a mysterious person -- the so-called Poe Toaster -- has visited the writer's grave behind Westminster Hall near the western edge of downtown Baltimore every Jan. 19 (Poe's birthday) and leaves a half-bottle of cognac and three roses.
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Fear, terror and economic anxiety
baltimoresun.com(art by Regina Boyce)Last night I had a fascinating discussion with attendees of a community conversation organized by Art On Purpose, a local arts organization. The group had held art workshops at several library branches exploring themes from Edgar... -
They stoop to conquer
There's no need to scoot over. Baltimore's favorite stoop is about to get a lot more wiggle room.
Stoop Storytelling, the series in which local residents tell unscripted anecdotes about their lives, has been a hit since its debut performance in...Tags: Celebrity, Hampden, Sheila Dixon, Mickey Rooney, Garrison Keillor
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Sand sculptures have a Poe theme
Six whimsical sculptures took over the amphitheater at the Inner Harbor on Saturday as the annual City Sand festival pitted local architects and designers in a somewhat artistic race. Competitors, who took their theme from the life and writings of...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, M&T Bank Stadium, Sculpture
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New documentary tells the story of a '60s Scranton band
SPECIAL TO THE MORNING CALLEven though he was too young to experience the psychedelic band the Glass Prism in its prime, Jim Thorpe resident Bob Ross has been a fan of '' Scranton's answer to the Beatles'' for decades. The Channel 13 cameraman was still in high-school when he...Tags: Scranton, Allentown, Jeff Buckley, Jim Thorpe, Bob Ross
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Dream home: Sharing their house is their business
Special to The Baltimore SunHere is a smidgen of information Barry Werner shares with visitors to his home, which doubles as a business: As a child, he used to play a game of "bed and breakfast" with his grandmother. "I have always wanted to be an innkeeper," he said with the...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, McDonald's, Federal Hill, Furniture, Land Price
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Actor's passion and vitality remembered
Baltimore Sun reporterThe somber atmosphere of Old St. Paul's Episcopal Church could not dampen Ashland Croxton Jr.'s enthusiasm as he described his nephew Darryl Croxton, who died a month ago. The soft-spoken man of 78 spoke of his nephew's ability to touch an audience...Tags: Artscape, Celebrity, Mount Vernon, Christianity, Anglican
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Community profile: Palos Park
How did it get the name? The Powell family, among the early settlers, borrowed the name from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, in honor of ancestors who lived there. "Park" was added to call attention to the virgin stands of trees, prairie gardens and plenty...Tags: Ice Cream, Foods and Beverages
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'Byron in Love: A Short Daring Life' by Edna O'Brien
Happy the poet whose life and work remain so well-remembered that his name becomes an adjective.
George Gordon Byron, sixth baron of that title, is certainly a poet who stands in that rarefied company, though it's hard to believe that even the linguistic...Tags: Edna O'Brien, William Faulkner, Poetry, James Joyce, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Got questions? Text answers arrive on your cell phone
It has not been uncommon for someone to call the news desk at The Baltimore Sun to ask for the answer to some arcane question. It generally happens at night, on deadline. Typically, the caller explains the answer would help him win a bar bet. We might...Tags: Aubrey Huff, Wages and Pensions, Cell Phones, Telecommunication Service, Hugh Hefner
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BMA to furlough employees for two weeks
Baltimore Sun reporterAbout half of the Baltimore Museum of Art's 157 employees will be furloughed for two weeks, under a cost-cutting plan announced today by BMA officials. The furloughs and other measures, including leaving six vacant positions unfilled and cutting back...Tags: Baltimore Museum of Art, Employees, Calendars, Days, and Months, Artscape, Layoffs and Downsizing
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In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado", what was the narrator's name? a) Usher b) Pluto c) Montresor
Staff reporterANSWER: c) MontresorTags: Usher
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Plagues spread throughout pop culture
Talk about your viral videos: In the world of movies, TV shows, comic books and novels, nothing spreads as well as a good plague story. From the creeping contagion chronicled in "The Andromeda Strain" (1969), Michael Crichton's novel that was turned...Tags: Fiction, Genres, Y: The Last Man (movie), Charlton Heston, Horror (genre)
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