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Aug. 8, 2011
Books
In the long and fruitful afterlife of Edgar Allan Poe, the city of Boston is closer to celebrating the author as one of its own.
Sept. 5, 2013
Archives
With his face hidden in a dark hood, a man crept into a Baltimore graveyard before dawn and raised a solitary birthday toast to Edgar Allan Poe.
Jan. 20, 2003
Travel & Experiences
A mysterious black-clad stranger continued an eerie 40-year tradition in the wee small hours of Thursday morning by placing a bottle of cognac and a red rose on the tombstone of Edgar Allan Poe to mark the 180th birthday of the famed horror writer.
Jan. 20, 1989
The writer’s 200th birthday nears, and cities where he lived are throwing parties.
Dec. 26, 2008
In Edgar Allan Poe’s hometown, a venerable little museum with a new, rare collection of manuscripts
July 5, 1998
A rare-book dealer from Ocean Township, N.J., has discovered a lost verse possibly composed by Edgar Allan Poe.
Jan. 4, 1995
Entertainment & Arts
A rare bust of Edgar Allan Poe has been stolen from the Poe Museum in Richmond, Va.
Oct. 21, 1987
The enigmatic figure who brought the annual birthday tribute of roses and cognac to Edgar Allan Poe’s grave early Friday also left behind a note that has fans of the Baltimore Ravens seeing purple.
Jan. 20, 2001
Oct. 13, 2011