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Edward Gorey was a Buffy fan – what more do you need to know?

Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey by Mark Dery

March 13, 2021 by Bothari43 11 Comments

LONG PERSONAL SIDEBAR (skip to review if you want to miss the high school stories): In high school, we were supposed to write papers about our favorite poets for senior English class. I had long been a fan of Edward Gorey. I memorized the Gashlycrumb Tinies one night when Dad took my brother and me to a science fiction club meeting. We stayed downstairs playing Super Nintendo while the grownups geeked out upstairs, and that evening’s host had a Gashlycrumb Tinies poster hanging in the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Edward Gorey, high school shenanigans, irascible geniuses (him not me), Mark Dery, more non-fiction!

Bothari43's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Edward Gorey, high school shenanigans, irascible geniuses (him not me), Mark Dery, more non-fiction! ·
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