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Hartwick College Sculptor Rocknack’s

Poe Sculpture Featured In NY Times

The Edgar Allen Poe statue unveiled today in Boston is the work of Hartwick College's Stephanie Rocknack.
The Edgar Allan Poe statue unveiled today in Boston is the work of Hartwick College’s Stefanie Rocknack.

ONEONTA – Boston’s Edgar Allan Poe statue, unveiled today, is a work of Stefanie Rocknack, the Hartwick College professor and sculptor.

The “body model” is John Dudek, another Hartwick professor (who is also a member of the City Charter Commission and spouse of the rowing Olympian Andrea Thies.)

The unveiling was the topic of a feature story on the front page of today’s Sunday New York Times, tracing the uneven relationship between the poet, usually identified with Baltimore, and his actual natal place.

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