Monthly Archives: October 2011

Poe’s Pumpkin Patch Returns

It’s that time of year again. Kids are wearing costumes, decorating pumpkins, and hunting for candy. On October 29, they can do all those things and more while getting an introduction to great literature at the same time by coming to Poe’s Pumpkin Patch at the Poe Museum. The event runs from noon until 5…

Buy books and help the Poe Museum raise money!

Get into the Halloween spirit and help raise money for the Poe Museum by shopping at the Chesterfield Towne Center Barnes & Noble on October 23rd! All you have to do is come to the store (located at 11500 Midlothian Turnpike) on October 23rd, 2011 and buy books. When you get to the register mention…

Poe Young Writers’ Conference Application Now Available Online

Are you the next Edgar Allan Poe? Find out June 17-23, 2012 at the next Edgar Allan Poe Young Writers’ Conference sponsored by the Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia. More information is available here. The application for this year’s conference is now available at the link below. Poe_Writers_Conf_App

October Events at the Poe Museum

This video is from the Richmond Macabre book launch party hosted by the Poe Museum on Sunday, October 2nd 2011. It features Poe Museum curator, Chris Semtner telling about events coming up during the month of October. Nobody does October better than the Poe Museum! This and many more video adventures at the Poe Museum…

Coming Next Summer: Edgar Allan Poe Young Writers’ Conference

Want to be the next Edgar Allan Poe? If you are a high school student we loves writing, the Edgar Allan Poe Young Writers’ Conference is for you. The Edgar Allan Poe Young Writers’ Conference, scheduled for June 17-23, 2012, provides a weeklong residential program designed to encourage and stimulate the writing skills of high…

New Exhibit Explores Death and Mourning in Poe’s Age

Think Poe was morbid because he wrote so often about death in poems like “Annabel Lee,” “The Raven,” and “Lenore?” Such poems about death and mourning were actually fairly common in the nineteenth century. With high infant mortality rates and the inability to combat diseases like tuberculosis (which claimed Poe’s mother, foster mother, brother, and…