Writing and Reading the Essay: A Process Approach Book

Edgar Allan Poe was funny, a humorist on par with Mark Twain. There, I said it. It's a shame that he gets pigeon-holed as a creepy writer or writer of "haunted tales," which he was. His journalism is wry, sardonic, and fierce. He could mock like Oscar Wilde. The only problem is that his journalism has yet to be collected in a single volume (mem: talk to agent about this), and you have to pick through his 'Complete Works' to read it. At the very least, Google the following essays and read them sooner rather than later: "Lionizing," "How to Write a Blackwood's Article," and "Philosophy of Furniture."