New York Sun: This Edgar Allan Poe Biography Is One for the Ages
Edgar Allan Poe does not suffer from a shortage of biographers, and Richard Kopley pays tribute to two of them: Arthur Hobson Quinn and Kenneth Silverman. So, what is there to add? The short answer, ...
Popular Mechanics: A Breakthrough Clue May Untangle the Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Edgar Allan Poe, the man who invented the detective story, saved his most unsolvable mystery for last: the cause of his own untimely death. If any ...
A Breakthrough Clue May Untangle the Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
The Washington Post: Edgar Allan Poe’s life was a mess. But his work was in his command.
To borrow a current idiom, Edgar Allan Poe was a lot. Which means, almost syllogistically, that any biography of him — even one as thoughtful and compassionate as Richard Kopley’s “Edgar Allan Poe” — ...
Edgar Allan Poe’s life was a mess. But his work was in his command.
Wall Street Journal: ‘Edgar Allan Poe’ Review: The Soul Within the Shadow
In the annals of American literary culture, few have left as bold a mark as Edgar Allan Poe. In 1841, with the locked-room mystery “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” Poe invented the genre of detective ...
AOL: Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy returns to Illinois. Will it stop in your town?
Edgar Allan Poe fans in Illinois have something to look forward to this April. The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy returns with Chapter Two, but the tour currently has only three stops slated statewide.