With Halloween fast approaching, writer and English professor Andrew Reiner joins us to discuss two of the masters of American spooky American literature, Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe. While Poe often commands more of our attention today, especially here in Baltimore, Reiner urges us to spend more time with Irving, who’s best remember for Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle.
Listen to the podcast of the interview now, and click here to read the accompanying essay by Andrew Reiner in this month’s issue of Urbanite Magazine.