Actor Tristan Laurence Perez (above) played the role of Edgar Allan Poe for a celebration of the author’s 200th birthday on Jan. 18. The Bronx Historical Society put on the event to commemorate Poe’s final years, which he spent writing in his small Bronx home. Poe Cottage has since been restored and moved to what is now Poe Park on Kingsbridge Road and the Grand Concourse. Perez played Poe for the day, answering questions from the audience as if he were the author himself.
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