Edgar Allan Poe

 

Writers & Books is pleased to announce that it has been selected for another Big Read program, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. For the month of October 2009, Writers & Books will be exploring the stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe. We will be hosting dozens of events including book discussions and readings, lectures, a film series, a kickoff event and a closing gala, and more. Writers & Books’ publishing imprint, Big Pencil Press, will be printing a special edition of selected works of Poe for individual, school and library use. If you would like to know more, or would like to have your school, library, organization, book group or workplace involved in the program, please email Karen vanMeenen, Big Read Coordinator, at karen@wab.org. Click here for the NEA’s full announcement about the 269 Big Read grants awarded nationally. For updates on our program, check back here.

For more information on the work and life of Edgar Allan Poe, click here.

The Big Read Calendar of Events for our month celebrating Edgar Allan Poe is on line!

The Big Read: The Many Ways of Looking at Poe

The work and personage of Edgar Allan Poe have produced many kinds of tributes.

Christopher Walken does a fantastic reading of "The Raven," as only he can.

 

Poetryanimations put together a number of videos of poets reading their own poems. Here, "Edgar Allan Poe" reads "The Raven."

Tim Burton's "Vincent" is, like many of Burton's works, a reflection of Poe's dark, dramatic style. This short film is one of Burton's first stop-motion productions.

Contents

Introduction by John Michael

Stories

The Tell-Tale Heart
The Gold-Bug
The Black Cat
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
MS. Found in a Bottle
Ligeia
William Wilson
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Purloined Letter
The Cask of Amontillado
The Masque of the Red Death

Poems

Sonnet—To Science
To Helen
Lenore
The Raven
Ulalume
Annabel Lee
The Bells
The City in the Sea

Essay

The Philosophy of Composition

Discussion Questions
Timeline

Click here for response form.

 

Big Read Sponsors

The Tell-Tale Heart Big Bleed Sponsor:


The Raven Kickoff Night Sponsor:

The Masque of the Red Death Sponsors:



The Black Cat Sponsors: Durwood Management, Inc. and

Friends of Poe Sponsor: