Literary Philadelphia: A History of Poetry and Prose in the City of Brotherly Love Columbia University Press Alok Vaid Menon

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Literary Philadelphia: A History of Poetry and Prose in the City of Brotherly Love Columbia University Press Alok Vaid MenonSince Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin put type to printing press, Philadelphia has been a haven and an inspiration for writers. Local essayist Agnes Repplier once shared a glass of whiskey with Walt Whitman, who frequently strolled Market Street. Gothic writers like Edgar Allan Poe and George Lippard plumbed the city's dark streets for material. In the twentieth century, Northern Liberties native John McIntyre found a backdrop for his gritty noir