Tag Archives: American Lit

At the Sin Post Up Ahead: The Hawthorne Zone

Back when this semester began, I met with my American Lit professor to discuss which authors I might want to examine up close and personal for my independent study.  I picked a sampler of Kate Chopin, Edgar Allan Poe, Gertrude … Continue reading

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In a Poe State of Mind

When I was a kid, my father used to sit on the edge of my bed at night and read to me before I went to sleep.  No Goodnight, Moon or fractured fairy tales for us; no, in our Brooklyn housing project … Continue reading

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