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Poe Penetrated My Rational Exterior as a Teen

By Robin Bates | Published: October 29, 2026

In which I explore the power impact that Poe’s “Tell-Tale Heart” had upon me as a teen.

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Poe: Trapped in the Prison of the Self

By Robin Bates | Published: December 1, 2016

Two Chinese students have brought home to me, from their collectivist perspective, how Edgar Allan Poe went against the grain of American individualism. He exposed its dark side, even as Emerson, Thoreau and Whitman were unabashedly celebrated it.

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