Was Edgar Allan Poe’s death predictable?
On June 30, 1849, the Boston newspaper “The Flag of Our Union” announced that a poem by Edgar Allan Poe
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Where did Edgar Allan Poe have his last drink?
In his authoritative 1941 biography of Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Hobson Quinn wrote that on October 3, 1849, an election
Read moreEdgar Allan Poe and the Fall of the House: The Tale of the Announced American Apocalypse
It was never clear what Edgar Allan Poe thought of slavery, although he grew up in Richmond (VA), a town
Read moreFollowing the Data: A Day in the Life of an Ed-Tech worker
It is not everyday that a publishing company moves from New York to Baltimore. New York, and especially 5th Avenue,
Read moreEdgar Allan Poe or Albert Einstein: Who was the greatest thinker of all time?
In 1848 the American writer Edgar Allan Poe published a cosmogony “Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe.”
Read moreEnder’s Game: Lessons in Transformational Leadership
Human life is threatened by the anticipation of a war with the “buggers,” a technologically advanced, insect-like species that have
Read moreEdgar Allan Poe and cryptography: Are there hidden messages in Eureka?
Edgar Allan Poe had a fascination for cryptography. And he was certainly not the only one, because in his time
Read moreThe Smartest Guys in the Room: Management Lessons from Enron’s Leaders
Enron is a story about America’s largest corporate failure at that point in history—and a story about human tragedy. Enron’s
Read moreThe Paranoid Style in American Politics
We thought this was a fitting essay written more than a half-century go that certainly applies to today’s political climate.
Read moreMy Uterus is Your Uterus
“I’ll be your surrogate–if you want.” I turned and looked at my sister, my baby sister, and stared. I then
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