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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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Freewheeling art
Like most cities, Baltimore offers urban cyclists a fairly limited range of parking options - a lonely metal stanchion outside a coffee shop, perhaps, or an innocuous group rack outside an office building. If it offers anything at all.
But starting...Tags: Upton Sinclair, David Byrne, Sheila Dixon, Brooks Robinson, Energy Saving
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'Movie music' slur displays artistic elitism
In his review of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's concert featuring Leonard Slatkin's composition "The Raven," a musical representation of Edgar Allan Poe's poems, critic Tim Smith said: "Unfortunately, what underscores the poems is little more than...Tags: Leonard Slatkin, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann
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Festival will mark Poe's 200th birthday
Mayor Sheila Dixon plans to announce today a citywide festival honoring the 200th birthday of Edgar Allan Poe. Organized by the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association, the yearlong celebration will begin in January and include theatrical...Tags: Family, Sheila Dixon, Baltimore Museum of Art, The Addams Family
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See how you did on last week's local literary quiz
Last week's quiz on Baltimore's literary heritage generated a lot of interest and very few incorrect answers - the most stumbles came on questions 3 and 5. Folks here really know their authors. As a reward, we'll send a new book to all who submitted...Tags: Upton Sinclair, Ogden Nash, Baltimore Museum of Art, John Dos Passos, Dashiell Hammett
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A propulsive reading of Sibelius' 2nd Symphony
Leonard Slatkin returned this week to guest-conduct the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's for the first time in 15 years and brought with him an eclectic bag of repertoire. The result is that he kills two birds with one-half a program - Rossini's Thieving...Tags: Leonard Slatkin, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Halloween, Poetry, The Addams Family
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Put it this way: She's certainly no Annabel Lee
Baltimore, city of little pretense and lousy baseball, had occasion to look down its nose at Philadelphia just a day after the Phillies won the World Series. The reason: Elvira. The buxom Mistress of the Dark will help celebrate Halloween at Philly's...Tags: Barack Obama, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball, Baltimore Museum of Art, Gardens and Parks
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Prepare the roses and cognac for Poe anniversary
Bouchercon, the conference of mystery writers and fans that drew well over 1,000 people to Baltimore, is over. But we have another event to look forward to: the 200th anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe's birth. The noir master was born in Boston on Jan. 19,...Tags: Stephen King, West Point, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Yuengling, Philadelphia Eagles
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Review: 'Patty's Got a Gun,' by William Graebner
Special to NewsdayPATTY'S GOT A GUN: Patricia Hearst in 1970s America, by William Graebner, University of Chicago Press, 218 pp, $20. In 1974, Patty Hearst's transformation from abducted heiress to gun-toting guerrilla riveted the nation, and it's little wonder that...Tags: University of Chicago, Cindy Sherman
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Author Michael Crichton dies at 66
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMichael Crichton, the doctor-turned-author of bestselling thrillers such as "The Terminal Man" and "Jurassic Park" and a Hollywood writer and director whose credits include "Westworld" and "Coma," has died. He was 66. Crichton died in Los Angeles on...Tags: Washington Post Company, Death and Dying, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Anthropology, Steven Spielberg
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Thriller Author Michael Crichton, 66
Los Angeles TimesMichael Crichton, the doctor-turned-author of best-selling thrillers such as "The Terminal Man" and "Jurassic Park" and a Hollywood writer and director whose credits include "Westworld" and "Coma," has died. He was 66. Crichton died in Los Angeles on...Tags: Jasper Johns, Death and Dying, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Michael Crichton, Steven Spielberg
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Michael Crichton dies at 66; bestselling author of 'Jurassic Park' and other thrillers
When Michael Crichton was attending Harvard Medical School in the late 1960s, he had a secret life that he kept hidden from his fellow students: To pay his tuition bills, he began writing paperback thrillers in his spare time under two pseudonyms.
He...Tags: Washington Post Company, Death and Dying, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Anthropology, Steven Spielberg
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