Did Edgar Allan Poe have an affair with an aspiring poet? Thurber House guest Lynn Cullen makes some guesses at the Poe mystery with her historical novel Mrs. Poe. She’ll be at the Thurber House on Tuesday, May 6.
In our interview, we discuss how fans of Poe’s “The Raven” would follow him down the street, flapping their arms and the truly bizarre behaviour of Poe’s main rival and literary executor, Rufus Wilmot Griswold.
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