North Carolina Bookwatch | John May

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North Carolina Bookwatch 2004 - 2005 | UNV-TV

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DG Martin interviews John May - Poe & Fanny Poe & Fanny is historical fiction revolving around one of the most famous and tragic figures in American literature—Edgar Allan Poe. Author John May brings New York's giddy pre-Civil War social scene into brilliant focus in this perfectly imagined novel of a doomed man and the great love that sealed his fate. John May shares how he breathes new life into the history, and the mystery, of this literary icon. Through the eyes of this Greensboro resident reveals the drama of this historical icon acted out against the backdrop of nineteenth-century New York's vibrant arthouse swirl.