tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693627279765024437.comments2023-10-29T04:37:41.218-07:00The Poe Studies Association BlogCynthiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15243184383459056888noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693627279765024437.post-29665028889026240432012-10-06T12:46:10.600-07:002012-10-06T12:46:10.600-07:00Thanks to the Walt Whitman Archive, we have ready ...Thanks to the Walt Whitman Archive, we have ready access to the Good Gray Poet’s account of his favorable impression of Poe based on a brief meeting of the two men in New York: "I have seen Poe—met him: he impressed me very favorably: was dark, quiet, handsome—Southern from top to toe: languid, tired out, it is true, but altogether ingratiating." Was that in New York? "Oh yes: there: we had only a brief visit: he was frankly conciliatory: I left him with no doubts left, if I ever had any." Poe was "curiously a victim of history—like Paine." "The disposition to parade, to magnify, his defects has grown into a habit: every literary, every moralistic, jackanapes who comes along has to give him an additional kick. His weaknesses were obvious enough to anybody: but what do they amount to after all?” (Friday, January 25, 1889)hellopeople101https://www.blogger.com/profile/05623033173299530574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693627279765024437.post-32128077643632688312010-11-17T04:47:10.997-08:002010-11-17T04:47:10.997-08:00Poor Poe. First Griswold, and now this.Poor Poe. First Griswold, and now this.Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693627279765024437.post-39304629324340789052010-07-02T04:59:24.087-07:002010-07-02T04:59:24.087-07:00Cynthia, Thanks for the mention. I'll be wor...Cynthia, Thanks for the mention. I'll be working out the details this summer and we'll have a kick-off event this Fall. EdEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09854712830253883300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693627279765024437.post-46580261505764962562010-05-11T09:35:03.708-07:002010-05-11T09:35:03.708-07:00I live in San Francisco and I couldn't agree m...I live in San Francisco and I couldn't agree more with these suggestions. The comment about good restaurants being near the Russian Hill bookstore is oh, so true--on Polk street and on Hyde street--all around. Explore. I found a bakery on Polk Street that served apple pan dowdy (like in the song); it wasn't very good, but it was like finding a mastodon in San Fran. I'd also very strongly recommend the Green Apple Bookstore on Clement St. between 4th and 5th. I'm biased because I live in walking distance, but it's one of the reasons I moved to San Francisco. Clement Street is a small Chinatown and has remarkable restaurants from Turkish to Indonesian, Thai and Chinese--and even one of the best French restaurants in the city: Clementine. My email is hlsf3@yahoo.com. My website is www.jeffersoninparis.comHarlan Jonathan Lewinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14253370663150128022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693627279765024437.post-5798049408132406562010-03-05T10:04:14.762-08:002010-03-05T10:04:14.762-08:00According to Whitman biographer Justin Kaplan, Poe...According to Whitman biographer Justin Kaplan, Poe published two articles by Whitman in the <i>Broadway Journal</i>; the titles aren't name in this source. Whitman wrote, "Poe was very cordial in a quiet way... appear'd well in person, dress, &c. I have a distinct and pleasing remembrance of his looks, voice, manner, and matter: very kindly and human, but subdued, perhaps a little jaded" (quoted from Stoval's "Prose Works of Walt Whitman," according to endnotes). Another Whitman biographer, Jerome Loving, says their meeting occurred at the BJ office in New York. I'm not sure if people really buy that Whitman met Poe or if it's generally considered apocryphal.Rob Velellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284492589098267999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693627279765024437.post-75988800594547955742010-02-03T20:25:08.411-08:002010-02-03T20:25:08.411-08:00Hold on there!! I attempted to "bribe" t...Hold on there!! I attempted to "bribe" the audience with Poe t shirts?!?!?<br /><br />Come now, I was merely sharing the wealth of the Poe House gift shop with select members of the audience.<br /><br />I think the Boston audience was much more civilized than the Philadelphia audience who seemed more intent on yelling than listening to the debate.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013018150494357189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693627279765024437.post-63988818204781524012010-01-01T13:28:04.144-08:002010-01-01T13:28:04.144-08:00They haven't shown an interest, despite invita...They haven't shown an interest, despite invitations.Rob Velellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284492589098267999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693627279765024437.post-33749481274796181992009-12-28T06:54:52.287-08:002009-12-28T06:54:52.287-08:00Thanks for the write-up. Has there ever been an e...Thanks for the write-up. Has there ever been an explanation for why Richmond and NY have been no-shows for this round of debates? Surely, there has to be someone from those cities with enough of regional pride and/or a weird sense of humor to want to get their two cents in.Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693627279765024437.post-19254508474789816862009-12-14T09:57:40.445-08:002009-12-14T09:57:40.445-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693627279765024437.post-2024807418134230182009-11-17T19:45:03.640-08:002009-11-17T19:45:03.640-08:00Thank you so much, Cynthia! It is my beautiful rem...Thank you so much, Cynthia! It is my beautiful rememberance of the Conference.<br />Hoang Kim Oanhoanhhoanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17744461044300213370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693627279765024437.post-50223505499244928652009-11-13T02:38:41.214-08:002009-11-13T02:38:41.214-08:00Looks great! Thanks for doing this, Cynthia! Ba...Looks great! Thanks for doing this, Cynthia! BarbaraBarbara Cantalupohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18171971745057926381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693627279765024437.post-80111452807076274062009-06-18T20:31:39.736-07:002009-06-18T20:31:39.736-07:00I noticed this on cable a couple of months ago and...I noticed this on cable a couple of months ago and watched about 15 minutes of it. It looked pretty terrible and its 4.9 out of 10 rating on the Internet Movie Database confirms that it is:<br /><br />http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017442/Donovan K. Louckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06852608908386417067noreply@blogger.com