Hart Island

The following is a guest post by Boroughs of the Dead tour guide Marie Carter. This post is a travelogue; Boroughs of the Dead does not currently lead tours to Hart Island. If you are looking for information about how to get to Hart Island, please visit the NYC...

The Death of Young Edgar Poe: Some Observations on William Wilson

“Oh, outcast of all outcasts most abandoned! — to the earth art thou not forever dead?” – Edgar A. Poe, William Wilson Every year, I read or re-read a shorty story or poem by Edgar Poe. This October I had a craving to revisit William Wilson. As I read it, I was...