POEcast: The Poe Studies Association Podcast

Nov 03 2024 8 ep. 45 mins 6
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In POEcast: The Poe Studies Association Podcast, Dr. Caleb Doan interviews scholars about Edgar Allan Poe and recent trends in Poe studies. While focused on Poe’s life, times, works, and influence, the discussions also will appeal to listeners interested in US and world literature, history, and culture; author studies; scholarly and creative writing; teaching; and more. This bi-monthly podcast aims, like Poe, to “suit at once the popular and the critical taste.” Est. in 1972, the PSA supports the scholarly and informal exchange of information about Poe. Production by the GVSU Digital Studio.

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Episode 7 (with John Gruesser and Tish Crawford)

Nov 03 2024 53 mins  
Dr. John Gruesser and Dr. Norlisha (Tish) Crawford join me to discuss their co-edited special issue of Poe Studies, titled African American Authors Respond to Poe (2023). After I introduce the guests, John and Tish explain the origin and inspiration of the project (3:05). From there, they talk about the format of the issue (with its mix of creative responses, interviews, and critic

Episode 6 (with John Tresch)

Jul 28 2024 66 mins  
Dr. John Tresch, Mellon Chair and Professor of History of Art, Science, and Folk Practice at the Warburg Institute, joins me in an exciting conversation focused on The Reason for the Darkness in the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science (Straus and Giroux, 2021). We discuss the origins of the project and its unexpected track to becoming a biography (1:42), Poe�

Episode 5 (with Scott Peeples)

Jun 02 2024 39 mins  
Dr. Scott Peeples, Professor of English at the College of Charleston, joins me to talk about his recent book, The Man of the Crowd: Edgar Allan Poe and the City (Princeton University Press, 2020). We discuss the origins of the project and his previous work on Poe and place (1:19), the structure of the book and the focus on the city (13:34), some major arcs in his narrative (15:43),

Episode 4 (with J. Gerald Kennedy)

Apr 01 2024 59 mins  
Dr. J. Gerald Kennedy, Emeritus Boyd Professor of English at Louisiana State University, joins me in an intriguing conversation about some of his major publications and edited collections and his upcoming cultural biography on Poe. (Our talk also includes shout-outs to our previous guests, Richard Kopley, Kelly Ross, Emron Esplin, and Margarida Vale de Gato!) We start with a discus

Episode 3 (with Emron Esplin and Margarida Vale de Gato)

Jan 19 2024 63 mins  
In our third episode, I talk to Emron Esplin and Margarida Vale de Gato about Poe and his global influence, as well as the fields of translation and anthology studies. We discuss their research backgrounds (1:02), the origins of their working relationship and their first edited collection Translated Poe (6:46), major takeaways from and their individual chapters in Translated Poe (1

Episode 2 (with Kelly Ross)

Nov 17 2023 43 mins  
In our second episode, I talk to Kelly Ross, Associate Professor at Rider University, about Poe and her critical triangulation of slavery, surveillance, and detective fiction, as detailed in her recent book, Slavery, Surveillance, and Genre in Antebellum United States Literature (Oxford UP, 2023). Over the course of our conversation, we discuss the origins of her book (1:12); modes

Episode 1 (with Richard Kopley)

Sep 14 2023 39 mins  
In our first episode, I talk to Richard Kopley, Professor Emeritus of English at Penn State DuBois, about his upcoming critical biography Edgar Allan Poe: A Life, under contract with University of Virginia Press. In the interview, Richard discusses the primary inspiration for the project: a box of letters by Flora Lapham Mack (a member of the extended family of John H. MacKenzie, o

POEcast Trailer

Aug 17 2023 1 mins  
Welcome to POEcast: The Poe Studies Association Podcast, where we discuss Edgar Allan Poe and track recent trends in Poe studies. In this trailer, Caleb Doan introduces listeners to the pod and previews the first episode with Dr. Richard Kopley, which will be available to stream on Friday, September 15, 2023. This podcast is hosted by Dr. Caleb Doan, Visiting Professor of English