There's an interesting article in the latest New Yorker reminding what a sad-ass screwup Edgar Allen Poe was. It says that before the author of "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Raven" died, aged just 40, "Poe, drunk and delirious, seems to have been dragged around Baltimore to cast votes, precinct after precinct, in one of that city’s infamously corrupt congressional elections, until he finally collapsed." In other words, his death was collateral damage from big-city ballot fraud. So it is with some amusement I note that Mayor Tom Menino yesterday announced he'll run for a fifth term as mayor, and next Monday at 11 a.m. Hizzoner will dedicate the new Edgar Allen Poe Square near the Common. Menino will rename the intersection of Boylston Street and Charles Street South in honor of the Bicentennial Anniversary of Poe’s Jan. 19, 1809, birth nearby at at 62 Carver Street. The decision comes at the behest of Boston College English Professor Paul Lewis, who is crusading for greater recognition of Poe's Hub ties. In December, Lewis will curate a Poe exhibit tentatively titled “A Raven in the Frog Pond,” scheduled to run through March at the Boston Public Library.
MORE: Listen to an NPR report on the effort by Lewis and his students. And check the first comment below for some news that apparently escaped the organizers - there's already an E.A. Poe Square in the neighborhood. (Photo illustration: Boston College.)
Funny thing is, Boston already has an Edgar Allen Poe Square: http://bostonhistory.typepad.com/notes_on_the_urban_condit/2007/01/edgar_allen_poe.html
Posted by: Charles Swift | April 23, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Would that put it in that little park at Charles ST South & Fayette, now that broadway is gone??
Posted by: John Mc | April 23, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Yes, that's my best guess for where it would be today. Seems like a good spot for a little Poe memorial.
Posted by: Charles Swift | April 23, 2009 at 01:06 PM
Poe despised Bostonians and made no attempt to hide his distain. I hardly think he would appreciate the honor from people he called "Frogpondians." Maybe the city could put up a plaque with one of his withering tirades about the Boston he hated so much.
Posted by: MarkB | April 23, 2009 at 04:35 PM
Hopefully, when Menino names the square, he'll spell Poe's name correctly. And, for readers of the recent New Yorker article, feel free to be skeptical; the Poe character the article describes is not the historical Poe (typical).
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