Marilynne Robinson loves Poe, too
Today's Washington Post has an entertaining look at Marilynne Robinson, one of America's great novelists. Though she teaches at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she's not an avid reader of modern fiction. The story describes her eclectic reading tastes -- including theologian John Calvin's Commentaries and, in her own words, "all this other crazy stuff".
Robinson, the author of Gilead and Home, also is a big fan of Edgar Allan Poe. Growing up in Idaho, she was obsessed with his writing, and still can quote his poetry.
No word on whether she favors his peaceful rest in Baltimore, or a grave-snatching to Philadelphia.
Comments
Baltimore loved Poe more. And so strong she felt that none other should have him that she killed him, and kept him. Every 1849 slum from Richmond to Beantown can say that Poe slept there, but only one can boast, "And he's still sleeping in my bed." Like the rest, Philly had her chance.
Posted by: William P. Tandy | October 20, 2008 12:21 PM
Curious that Poe was on his way to Philly when he died in Baltimore, huh?
Posted by: Ed Pettit | October 21, 2008 11:21 AM
This town's killed a good many people before they had the chance to ______....
Posted by: William P. Tandy | October 21, 2008 3:05 PM