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Matthew Pearl
The Poe shadow
By: Matthew Pearl

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Speaking Event:

October 20, 7 p.m.
Irving Arts Center
Dupree Theater
3333 N. MacArthur Blvd.

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Speaking Event

October 27, 7 p.m.
National Scouting Musuem
1329 W Walnut Hill Ln.

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For More Resources on Poe
Poe's Work
Poe @ the Library
Check out these books by and about Poe at your local Irving Public Library location.

Complete Tales and Poems

53 of his best-known poems plus essays and criticisms.
Poe, A to Z

A comprehensive encyclopedia, consisting of 3400 entries and 50 black-and-white illustrations.
Nevermore

This haunting graphic anthology features the most famous stories of terror and suspense by Edgar Allan Poe.
Biographies of Poe
The following books focus on Poe's life, which was an interesting one... indeed!

Beautiful Cigar Girl

A gruesome murder, a stunned city, and Edgar Allan Poe come to life with vivid detail in this shocking true story.
Edgar Allan Poe

Focuses on the ways the works of poet and short story writer Edgar Allan Poe influenced many other great writers.
Midnight Dreary

Examines Poe's last days and the reasons behind his death--a mystery that has gone unsolved for 150 years.

Poe

A biography revealing as never before Poe's southern gentility and his vast influence on literature and letters.
Poe: A Life Cut Short

Explores Poe's literary accomplishments and legacy against the background of his erratic, dramatic, and sometimes sordid life.
Further Reading: Poe-Inspired Books

13 Best Horror Stories

An all-star roster of horror authors from the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century.
For Edgar

Somebody is committing murders in Poe's name and it's up to Elizabeth Taylor Hewitt, a special agent of the Illinois state police, to solve the mystery.
On a Raven's Wing

An anthology of 20 new short stories, with the central part of each story about Poe or his work.

Poe

An anthology that celebrates one of the most important figures in literature to commemorate Poe's bicentennial.
Raven and Nightingale

A professor investigates the murder of a fellow academic at a New England university.
Poe's Children

From the master of suspense comes a collection of contemporary literary horror stories.
Books about Jack London
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Wolf: The Lives of Jack London

Wolf: The Lives of Jack London