It upsets God, “when you walk by the color purple in a field and don’t notice it.” Alice Walker What is the significance of the Color Purple in Alice
Poe Exposes “Maelzel’s Automated Chess Player,” Part II
Originally Published as part of Murray Ellison’s M.A Thesis on Poe and Science and republished on Dec. 2nd, 2017 on www.thepoeblog.com Original Illustration Published in Poe’s “Automated Chess-Player” In 1836,
How Poe Investigated Claims of an Early “Automated” Computer
An Excerpt from Murray Ellison’s 2015 VCU Master of Arts Thesis. First Published on 11/1/17 in the Poe Museum’s Website: the poeblog.org Literary Historian, Gerald Kennedy writes, “In Poe’s writing career
A Trip Takes Us: My Journey from Poe to Steinbeck
After retiring, I began to study, teach, and write reflections on several of the most significant American writers of the last two centuries. I started my focus on the
Roaring 20’s Slang and Murray’s Jelly Bean Story Translated – Part IV
Yesterday, I taught my first F. Scott Fitzgerald & The Roaring Twenties class at the University of Richmond’s, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Our class, of over fifty students, had a
Do You Know Your Roaring 20’s Slang? – Part III
How many of these Roaring Twenties slang words and expressions do you know? Leave a Reply in the Box Below this Blog. I will offer the translations next Wednesday after
F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Decade That Changed America – Part II
F. Scott Fitzgerald was both a keen active observer and a full participant in many of the most exciting changes that were taking place in the 1920’s. He stated that
F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Roaring Twenties (Part I)
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was named after his cousin, Francis Scott Key—the composer of the “Star-Spangled Banner. He was born in Minnesota to a fairly well-off Catholic family. He
Ann Patchett’s State of Wonder
How much responsibility should a pharmaceutical company when considering the consequences of the potential users of the drugs it is developing? That seems to be the central question and theme