MARK AND POE ENTWINED FOREVERMORE

 

At long last former BJ pop culture critic (when I was technically his boss) Mark Dawidziak’s book about Edgar Allan Poe will hit the light of day on February 14, 2023.

 

Poe passed away 173 years ago.

 

Mark’s hook for “A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allen Poe” (Martin’s Press) is the mystery surrounding the day that Poe existed nevermore.

 

Mark has stalked Darren McGavin’s TV series, “The Night Stalker,” written one more thing about Peter Falk’s series, “Columbo.”

 

The name of Mark’s cat: Poe! Honestly. Forevermore.

 

I think Mark and former BJ columnist Thrity Umbrigar are in a marathon to see whose stack of books reaches Empire State Building height first.

 

The competition is stiff, though. David Bianculli, Regina Brett, Bob Dyer, David Giffels, Stuart Warner, Terry Pluto, Steve Love, Dick McBane, Russ Musarra, Jane Snow, Don Rosenberg, Brian Windhorst, Andrea Louie and Chuck Klosterman aren’t slouches either. And Chuck Ayers brings fictional characters to life with his drawings for comics (OK, graphic novels) and books.

 

All are among the many talented writers who made my 26 years at 44 E. Exchange Street the most delightful stretch of my 43-year newspaper career.