I love finding signed editions at Barnes & Noble! And I love Poe, so I hope this is good!
I love finding signed editions at Barnes & Noble! And I love Poe, so I hope this is good!
Wild Nights is JC Oates' collection of stories on the final days of five American authors (Poe, Dickinson, Samuel Clemens, Henry James & Hemingway). Oates frequently explores the disparity between the public perception & the real life of the author (esp in the case of Clemens & Hemingway where they are performing the parts of Twain & Papa in public). There is also a great deal of ambiguity in each story. The first one, Poe Posthumous could (CONT)
I‘m not sure how I feel about this book. It was super dark. I think I need to read the second one now to really know what to think. The characters are really interesting. Each of them has something different to break your heart and the book itself is just very bleak. I did not expect it to end the way it did which is probably why I am conflicted on how I feel about it as a whole.
I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!
#ABookADay2023
"Panic and anxiety so often in my head
But I had a guardian angel
Who took care of me instead
The champagne cork - the nightlight owl?
A raven and a duck
The seed of pining parents
And your despairing love
I have a guardian angel
I keep him in my head
When I'm alone and become afraid
He saved my life instead"
(A beautiful illustration to this poem/lyric, and I obviously couldn't resist posting with my actual nightlight owl!?)
In 2000, Lou presented a musical, POEtry, based on the works of EAP. In 2003 he released a concept album, The Raven, based on the musical, which I've finally got hold of. It's an amazing amalgam of musical styles: rock, electronic, avant-garde, contemporary classical, soul, with guest artists including David Bowie, Anohni and Laurie Anderson. There are extensive spoken word sections, voiced by Willem Dafoe, Steve Buscemi and Amanda Plummer.
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I have had this on my shelf for some years, and today felt like the right time to start it! Only one chapter in, and I like it so far!
Not sure if I would've liked the story more if I would've read it by myself, but I neither liked the narrotor of the audio book, nor the music. Both aren't bad, the music adds a lot to the story, but I just don't like jazz 😞 The story was ok-ish, fitting the time it was written in, but there are stories by Poe I like more. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for this right now?