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Texts and Variant Texts Reading copy: “Literary Small Talk” — reading copy (copy-text is based on Text 02) Manuscripts and Authorized Printings: "Literary Small Talk" — 1838, no original manuscript or fragments are known to exist (but this version is presumably recorded in Text 02) — Text 01 "Literary Small Talk" — January - February 1839 — American Museum — Text 02 "Literary Small Talk" - part I (January 1839) "Literary Small Talk" - part II (February 1839) Reprints: “Literary Small Talk” — 1902 — The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. J. A. Harrison, New York: T. Y. Crowell (14:90-94) “Literary Small Talk” — 1984 — Edgar Allan Poe: Essays and Reviews, ed. G. R. Thompson, New York: Library of America (pp. 1061-1064) “Literary Small Talk” — 1985 — The Collected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe; Vol II - The Brevities, New York: Gordian Press, 1985  (2:454-464, and 1:xxv-xxvi) Associated Material and Special versions: None

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Bibliography: Heartman, Charles F. and James R. Canny, A Bibliography of First Printings of the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, Hattiesburg, MS: The Book Farm, 1943. Pollin, Burton R., ed., The Collected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe; Vol II - The Brevities (Including "Marginalia," "Pinakidia," "Fifty Suggestions," and "A Chapter of Suggestions," New York: Gordian Press, 1985)

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