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Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 292 - Loss of Breath

Today, Mr. Poe and I will look at his short story “Loss of Breath.”

Certainly, "Loss of Breath" is what one might call a lesser-known Poe short story,first published in 1832 in The Philadelphia Saturday Courier. I doubt that you would consider the story one of my more famous works of horror and mystery,

Such as The Tell Tale Heart or The Fall of the House of Usher or The Pit and the Pendulum …

Yes, Mr. Bartley - this story is primarily humorous and satirical in nature.
The story revolves around a man who literally loses his breath and goes through a series of absurd and increasingly outlandish situations as a result.

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Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 291. Poe and the Outsider
In the previous episode the character of the ghost of Mr. Poe and I first discussed the Alien and Sedition Acts. First, I’d like to apologize I have a cold/flu, and just listened to my recorded voice - you will just have to bear with me. Of course, that gives the voice of the ghost of Mr. Poe - a Southern accent too

And here's the ghost of Mr. Poe -

Hello, Mr. Bartley - I believe you want to talk about the Alien and Sedition Acts, and how they indirectly affected my literary works. Now remember, while I was certainly born after the Alien and Sedition Acts were enacted and repealed, these laws quite possibly had an indirect influence on my writing and political views. Although they were no longer in effect during my Poe's lifetime, their legacy continued to shape political debates and attitudes towards government power.

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Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 290 - Alien - or perhaps more accurately Poe and The Alien and Sedition Acts. And no, I am not going to talk about little creatures from outer space.

This podcast will deal with Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 - acts which very well may have affected Poe - but first I want to talk about those acts as they have recently been discussed by President-Elect Trump.