Obituary of Edgar Allan Poe

From the Richmond Semi-Weekly Examiner, vol. II, no. 98, October 12, 1849: EDGAR ALLAN POE died in Baltimore on Sunday last. His was one of the very few original minds that this country has produced. In the history of literature, he will hold a certain position and a high place. By the public of the… a href=’http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/10/07/obituary-of-edgar-allan-poe/’Read More/a span class=’link’»/span

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Author: Phil Slattery

Publisher, Rural Fiction Magazine; publisher, The Chamber Magazine; founder, the Farmington Writers Circle. I have written short stories and poetry for many years. In my careers as a Naval officer and in the federal government, I have written thousands of documents of many types. I am currently working on a second edition for my poetry collection and a few novels.

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  1. I had never read Poe’s obit. Fascinating. I noticed that “he printed a small volume of poems, his first brochure. They were favorably received by the reviewers, and well spoken of by their few readers. But they did not sell—”. So Poe self-pubbed his early poems. Now that surprised me.

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    1. Yes, it is quite a fascinating look into Poe’s life. I had heard before that he had self-published his first volume of poems, which I believe was entitled “Tamerlane and Other Poems”. I would love to find a first edition of that in an attic or in somebody’s yard sale.

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