Born on January 19, 1809, Edgar Allan Poe has become synonymous with writing described as mysterious and macabre. Also credited with originating the detective-fiction genre, Poe is considered part of the American Romantic Movement. A very celebrated poet, short story writer, and Gothic novelist, Poe died in 1849.
Adrienne J. Odasso received her M.A. in Medieval Studies at the University of York in 2006 and is currently completing her Ph.D. in English at the University of York. She lives in London, UK.
Born on January 19, 1809, Edgar Allan Poe has become synonymous with writing described as mysterious and macabre. Also credited with originating the detective-fiction genre, Poe is considered part of the American Romantic Movement. A very celebrated poet, short story writer, and Gothic novelist, Poe died in 1849.
A. J. Odasso&;s poetry has appeared in a variety of publications, including 
Sybil&;s Garage, 
Mythic Delirium, 
Midnight Echo, 
Not One of Us, 
Dreams & Nightmares, 
Goblin Fruit, 
Strange Horizons, 
Stone Telling, 
Farrago&;s Wainscot, 
Liminality, 
Battersea Review, 
Barking Sycamores, and 
New England Review of Books. A.J.&;s debut collection, 
Lost Books (Flipped Eye Publishing), was nominated for the 2010 London New Poetry Award and was also a finalist for the 2010&;11 People&;s Book Prize. Her second collection with Flipped Eye, 
The Dishonesty of Dreams, was released in 2014; her third collection, 
Things Being What They Are, was shortlisted for the 2017 Sexton Prize. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Boston University, and works in the Honors College at the University of New Mexico. A.J. has served in the Poetry Department at 
Strange Horizons since 2012. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.