"Why Read Poe?" with Emily Ogden
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"Why Read Poe?" with Emily Ogden
Join us at 5pm on Wednesday, October 28th for Professor Ogden's talk, located in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library auditorium. Free copies of the 2026-2027 NEA Big Read book, Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Vintage Classics, 2009), will be given to the first 15 audience members to arrive. Copies of Professor Ogden's forthcoming book, Darkness Becomes Bright: On the Brief Life and Immortal Art of Edgar Allan Poe, will also be available for sale and signing.
This event is presented by the UVA Reading Collaborative and UVA Special Collections, and is part of “Commemorating America through 200 Years of Edgar Allan Poe” sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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