Edgar Allen Poe

Cusack: Hollywood Doesn't Make Good Rom-Coms Anymore

Posted 04.26.2012

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In “The Raven,” which opens nationwide on April 27, John Cusack stars as a fictionalized version of Edgar Allan Poe. And in this big-screen extrav...

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Review: The Raven Has Creep Appeal

Carole Mallory | Posted 04.26.2012

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Carole Mallory

John Cusack makes a great Edgar Allen Poe. From the beginning of this masterfully executed thriller directed by a deft James McTeigue, suspense grips...

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Happy Birthday, Odilon Redon!

Posted 04.20.2012

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We want to wish a happy birthday to one of our personal favorites: Bertrand-Jean Redon, aka Odilon Redon. The artist, who would be 172 today, created ...

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Will Ryman's Topsy-Turvy World

Posted 03.19.2012

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Will Ryman is known for his hyper-enlarged sculptures which use manipulate expectations of size and materials to create absurd spaces. The Manhatt...

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John Cusack: Playing Edgar Allan Poe Was A Lifelong Dream

Posted 03.09.2012

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John Cusack says his turn in "The Raven" is the role of a lifetime, which is high praise considering the 45-year-old has acted in over 50 films and is...

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Poe Fans Call An End To 'Toaster' Tradition

AP | By SARAH BRUMFIELD | Posted 01.19.2012

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BALTIMORE -- Edgar Allan Poe fans waited long past a midnight dreary, but it appears annual visits to the writer's grave in Baltimore by a mysterious ...

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Mysterious Poe 'Toaster' Tradition Shall Occur Nevermore

AP | SARAH BRUMFIELD | Posted 03.20.2012

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BALTIMORE — Edgar Allan Poe fans waited long past a midnight dreary, but it appears annual visits to the writer's grave in Baltimore by a myster...

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Step Into This Incredible Doc -- Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel

Brad Balfour | Posted 12.17.2011

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Brad Balfour

Having grown up enjoying Roger Corman's filmic retelling of Edgar Allen Poe's horror tales, his garish productions were lodged in my brain forever. So when I saw Corman's World, a flood of memories returned.

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PHOTO: John Cusack Gets Dark, Scary

Posted 08.27.2011

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To enter the world of Edgar Allen Poe is to take a trip into the dark and ominous. It looks like John Cusack has gone in full throttle. The actor p...

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NAHM by Alexandria Hilfiger and Nary Manivong Reinvents the Shirtdress

Ariston Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Remembering Edgar Allan Poe

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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John Lundberg

It's hard to beat a macabre little mystery involving one of the best-known mystery writers of all time, but it's important to remember that Poe was more than just a mystery writer.

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Top 10 Ghost Stories

guardian.co.uk | Kate Mosse | Posted 05.25.2011

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The celebrated author of novels such as "The House of Mirth", Wharton was also a terrific writer of ghostly tales. A blend of Poe, Hawthorne and Henry...

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WATCH: ANIMATION: Tim Burton's Haunting Short "Vincent"

Posted 05.25.2011

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(From: Laughing Squid) In 1982, over a decade before A Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton made the stop-motion animated short "Vincent," shown on...

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Angelina Jolie's Cockroach, Clinton's Cupcakes

Posted 05.25.2011

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The new book "What The Great Ate: A Curious History Of Food & Fame" tells you that Madonna, when she was struggling to make ends meet, used to pick Fr...

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New Website Aims To Be An iTunes For Poetry

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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John Lundberg

The new website PoetrySpeaks is aiming to serve as a social networking hub and online marketplace for poets.

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Sing Any Good Books Lately?

Laurence Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laurence Hughes

The mission of my blog is to highlight popular songs that are based on, inspired by, or allude to books and authors -- "Books Shelved in Songs," as I say on the site.

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And I Quote (Random Quotations for a Mediocre Time)

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Laermer

I decided to think of every quote worthy to share. Here: ************ I don't know where, but she sends me there. -Brian Wilson [crazy mad genius] ...

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