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Poe for Your Problems
Poe for Your Problems: Uncommon Advice from History's Least Likely Self-Help Guru | Catherine Baab-Muguira
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"I have great faith in foolsself-confidence my friends will call it." Edgar Allan Poe Of all the writers anywhere, Poe would seem to be the least likely person you'd want to turn to for advice. His life was a complete dumpster fire: he had tons of failed relationships; not many people liked him; he was a drunk; he was always broke; he often went hungry; even his own death was somewhat of a mystery. However, that's also precisely the point. Somehow, even when Poe failed, he also persevered. Drawing deeply on his works and life, Catherine Baab-Muguira takes the familiar image of Poe into a new and surprising directions in this darkly inspiring self-help book. Despite what you might think, Edgar Allan Poe somehow is the perfect person to teach you to say "Nevermore, problems!" and show you how use all the terrible situations, tough breaks, bad luck, and even our darkest emotions in novel and creative ways to make a name for yourself and carve out your own unique, notorious place in the world. An inspirational tale for black sheep everywhere, Poe for Your Problems will teach you how to overcome lifes biggest challenges and succeed at work, love, and artdespite the odds and no matter your flaws.
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catiewithac
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I enjoyed this fun little biography of Edgar Allan Poe that poses as a self-help guide for misfits. It‘s surprisingly accurate and very entertaining. If you want to embrace your inner chaos demon, this is a book for you! 💀

RaeLovesToRead I imagine Poe's solution to most of life's problems is to brick someone up in the basement. That seems to be his fave weekend activity 🤣 13mo
BiblioLitten I almost said ‘oh nice‘ until I read @RaeLovesToRead ‘s comment. Probably not the best book to turn to for advice. 🤣🤣 13mo
dabbe @RaeLovesToRead I was going to add that visiting and sleeping in graveyards would be another of Poe's suggestions, but I like yours even better! 🤣

And @catiewithac ... stacked! ❣️
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MidnightBookGirl
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It‘s a very #LittensDressedInBlood event tonight, as the bookstore I work at is selling the tagged book at the author event here at Richmond‘s Poe Musuem, which is one of my favorite places in RVA.

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KatieDid927
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I‘m really not into self-help books, but the premise of this proved to be too intriguing for me. I liked the author‘s humor and the biographical elements, but the self-help part wasn‘t my fave. My biggest issue is some of the life advice is actually quite good, but some is really horrible. Are readers actually supposed to take the advice seriously, or nah? That confusion kept this at a meh.

#ARC pub date 9/7