It's Wednesday, September 1st.

Welcome to Marketfoolery.

I'm Chris Hill.

We got something a little different today.

I know you've heard of Edgar Allan Poe.

Of course you've heard of Edgar.

It's Edgar Allan Poe.

Of course you've heard of him.

You're probably familiar with the Raven and possibly even some of Poe's other works.

But what you may not have realized is that Edgar Allan Poe can offer insight on business

and financial issues.

I was not aware of this, but it's something that comes up in the brand new book Poe for

your problems, uncommon advice from history's least likely self-help guru.

And I'm very happy to be joined by the author, Catherine Badmichira, who joins me from

her home in Richmond.

Thanks so much for being here.

So glad to be here.

So by way of disclosure, we work together.

Although we work for the same company.

Our paths don't actually cross all that much in terms of what we each do.

You are a copywriter for our company, but you've been a writer on the side for years.

You've written for CNBC, Playboy, Slate.

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