Poe did more than just write fiction, you know.
He was one of America’s leading literary critics, as well as being interested in physics and cosmology.
And he was almost certainly the first man in America to use the CRISPR gene-editing technology.
Right? I couldn’t believe it at first either, but it says so on Wikipedia.
Look:
You see? First he became editor of the Journal, and then he became editor of its owner.
I found that while researching Poe again this week. I’d researched him before for my article revealing the secret of his “mysterious death.”
This week I examined the story behind his expulsion from West Point Military Academy.
A period in Poe’s life when his best friend, my great-great-great-grandfather, Macabre Delaney, had his eye on Poe…
If you haven’t seen it yet, check out my latest nonsense history short on YouTube here:
Poe’s Secret Message Spells Death for his Best Friend.
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It’s actually quite hard.
Don’t take my word for it. While reading Wilkie Collins’ The Queen of Hearts this week, I came across this great snippet:
See?
Chat soon,
Morgan
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