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Poe Studies @poestudies.bsky.social · 2d

Poe Studies editorial board member Karen Grumberg is giving a free online talk, "Edgar Allan Poe in Hebrew Culture." October 30, 2025, 3:00pm-4:30pm MDT
Register here: events.ucalgary.ca/arts/history...

Edgar Allan Poe in Hebrew Culture

The first Hebrew translation of Edgar Allan Poe appeared in 1914; and in the years that followed, Poe sparked unabating interest among Hebrew cultu...

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Poe Studies @poestudies.bsky.social · 3d

We would also like to acknowledge the incredible work of our intern, Brooke Foster, senior at Rider University, who created this social media campaign. Thank you, Brooke!

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Poe Studies @poestudies.bsky.social · 3d

The new volume of Poe Studies will be out very soon! We are thrilled to preview vol. 58 with author spotlights beginning with the special feature, The Poe/tics of Reception, guest edited by the amazing Elissa Zellinger. muse.jhu.edu/journal/613 @projectmuse.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social

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Poe Studies @poestudies.bsky.social · Aug 6

The Eureka Machine, which composes hexameter Latin verse. John Tresch discusses it and other automatons in an essay in _Poe Studies_ vol. 57: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Project MUSE - Introduction: Eureka Moments—Poe and Science in the Twenty-First Century

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · Jul 21

Hear Edgar Allan Poe’s Horror Stories Read by Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, James Earl Jones, William S. Burroughs & Others

Here on Halloween of 2024, we have a greater variety of scary stories — and arguably, a much scarier variety of scarier stories — to choose from than ever before.

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · Jul 25

Christopher Lee Reads Four Classic Horror Stories by Edgar Allan Poe (1979)

Christopher Lee, whose nearly 70-year acting career spanned most of the 20th century and nearly all of the 21st century so far, saw numerous technological, cinematic, and cultural trends come and go b...

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University Press of Mississippi @upmississippi.bsky.social · Jul 23

🖤 We’re just a little excited about the new paperback release of POE by James M. Hutchisson... can you tell?
It’s not all ravens and gloom—this bio reclaims Poe’s Southern roots and literary legacy.
🖋️ Pre-order now: buff.ly/PPzk0qt
#EdgarAllanPoe #PoeLives #BookDrop #UPMississippi #Bookstagram

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Poe Studies @poestudies.bsky.social · Aug 4

Huge congratulations to Ashley Kniss, winner of the 2024 James W. Gargano Award from the Poe Studies Association for her essay, "Gothic Mycology and Posthuman Ethics in Poe’s 'The Fall of the House of Usher'"!! @hopkinspress.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · Jul 24

And for your further reading pleasure, we’ve assembled a list of articles about Poe, his shenanigans, and his contemporaries spanning our journals roster, including Poe Studies, J19, Victorian Poetry, Arizona Quarterly and more!

All free thru 1 August: tinyurl.com/ykuz3nee

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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · Jul 24

Love him or hate him, Poe's impact on C19 women's poetics is undeniable

In this podcast, we talk with Elissa Zellinger, Kelly Ross & Eliza Richards about the forthcoming issue of Poe Studies, celebrating the impact of Richards’ 2004 book on Poe

Listen: tinyurl.com/4nuxyyff

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Nate Wolff @natewolff.bsky.social · Jul 24

It's your boys @rezekjoe.bsky.social and me in The Boston Globe! In print on Sunday! (We are in a big fight about how to interpret the ending of Poe's novel and the illustration poignantly captures the strain in our friendship.)

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/24/a...

A strange Poe novel might be just the right book for today’s weird times - The Boston Globe

Two local academics who contributed to a new edition of “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket” say the book’s 19th century ideas around race, exploration, and capitalism speak to our own er...

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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · Jul 8

And for your further reading pleasure, we’ve assembled a list of articles about Poe, his shenanigans, and his contemporaries spanning our journals roster, including Poe Studies, J19, Victorian Poetry, Arizona Quarterly and more!

All free thru 1 August: tinyurl.com/ykuz3nee

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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · Jul 8

Love him or hate him, Poe's impact on C19 women's poetics is undeniable

In this podcast, we talk with Elissa Zellinger, Kelly Ross & Eliza Richards about the forthcoming issue of Poe Studies, celebrating the impact of Richards’ 2004 book on Poe

Listen: tinyurl.com/4nuxyyff

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The University of Chicago Press @uchicagopress.bsky.social · Jun 9

UChicago Press has your summer reading right here! IN POE'S WAKE, by Jonathan Elmer, explores how Edgar Allan Poe has become a household name, as much a brand as an author.

Available now on our website!
Build your summer reading list at pressblog.uchicago.edu.

#summerreading

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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · May 15

To accompany our lively discussion, we've assembled a reading list of works from past issues of @PoeStudies & other Hopkins Press journals, including work by Eliza Richards, Elissa Zellinger, Ben Bascom, Christa Holm Vogelius & more!

All free thru 30 May: tinyurl.com/rvu9kkzs

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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · May 15

New on the Hopkins Press Podcast:

We discuss The Poe/tics of Reception, the forthcoming @PoeStudies issue with Elissa Zellinger, Kelly Ross and Eliza Richards, whose infuential book on Poe & 19th century women poets celebrates its 20th year

Listen: tinyurl.com/2h5w3r7m

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Poe Studies @poestudies.bsky.social · May 14

Vol. 56 of Poe Studies, including the incredible special feature "African American Writers Respond to Poe," is currently free to read on @projectmuse.bsky.social Read amazing work by @nytebird45.bsky.social @mauricenow.bsky.social and many more!
muse.jhu.edu/issue/48691

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Poe Studies @poestudies.bsky.social · May 2

Perhaps RFK Jr. should read Chiyo Yoshi's essay on how Poe anticipated the evidence-based scientific consensus on germ theory as the mechanism for disease transmission: "Toward the Germ Theory: Edgar Allan Poe and Disease," vol. 57, 2024

arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

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RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory

In his 2021 book vilifying Anthony Fauci, RFK Jr. lays out support for an alternate theory.

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Poe Studies @poestudies.bsky.social · Mar 3

New POEcast episode with Amy Branam Armiento and Travis Montgomery about their co-edited collection Poe and Women, the latest winner of the Dameron Award. Hosted by the wonderful Caleb Doan!
open.spotify.com/episode/61J5...

Episode 8 (with Amy Branam Armiento and Travis Montgomery)

POEcast: The Poe Studies Association Podcast · Episode

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Poe Studies @poestudies.bsky.social · Jan 13

We had a wonderful conversation about Gender and the Poetics of Reception in Poe's Circle at #MLA2025 #MLA25 Look for the special feature in Poe Studies vol. 58 featuring essays by Elissa Zellinger, Christa Holm Vogelius, Alexandra Socarides, Rebecka Rutledge Fisher, Zack Turpin, and Eliza Richards!

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Patrick Leary @patrickleary.bsky.social · Jan 8

For any scholar working on the 19th-c. press, a Curran Fellowship can be a big help. Everybody is eligible, and the application is blessedly straightforward. This year's deadline is next week: Wednesday, January 15. Recommendation letters due Jan 22. rs4vp.org/awards/curra... #19th-c

The Curran Fellowships – RSVP

The Curran Fellowships are travel and research grants intended to aid scholars studying British magazines and newspapers from the long nineteenth century in making use of primary print and archival so...

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celj.bsky.social @celj.bsky.social · Jan 7

Don't miss Chat with an Editor this Friday and Saturday at #MLA2025 #MLA25. Sign up to meet with a journal editor either at the convention or virtually next Wednesday (1/15), and find out how to get your article published! @mlanews.bsky.social

bit.ly/3Ppc0KB

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Poe Studies @poestudies.bsky.social · Jan 6

And a preview of the special feature in the 2026 vol. of Poe Studies: Session 388: Poe Lives on Netflix,
Fri., 1/10, 5:15-6:30 PM Hilton New Orleans Riverside - Steering (Riverside Complex) #MLA2025

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Poe Studies @poestudies.bsky.social · Jan 6

And check out the other #MLA2025 Poe panels: Session 153 on Poe and the Archives, Thurs. 1/9 7:00-8:15 PM Hilton New Orleans Riverside - Steering (Riverside Complex)

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Poe Studies @poestudies.bsky.social · Jan 6

Heading to #MLA2025? Come to our panel on Twenty Years of the Poe(tics) of Reception for a preview of the special feature in the next Poe Studies: Session 758: Sun. 1/12, 12-1:15pm Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Salon 16 with Elissa Zellinger, Christa Vogelius, & Eliza Richards

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