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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the WVZ Book Club. I'm Jordan Rich. He's

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<v Speaker 1>considered the master of his craft, the genre the macabre.

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<v Speaker 1>Well before Stephen King, there was Howard Phillips Lovecraft, more

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<v Speaker 1>effectually known as HP Lovecraft. The books I Am Providence,

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<v Speaker 1>The Life and Times of HP Lovecraft, Volumes one and

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<v Speaker 1>two by author S. T. Joshi, provide a deep dive

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<v Speaker 1>into the biography of this troubled but brilliant writer. Born

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<v Speaker 1>in eighteen ninety in Providence, Rhode Island, he suffered with

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<v Speaker 1>ill health early on, and in nineteen oh eight experienced

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<v Speaker 1>a nervous breakdown. He became a recluse and it wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>until the late teens that he resumed writing and took

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<v Speaker 1>on his career as a horror fiction officionado. HP Lovecraft

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<v Speaker 1>began to travel and hoped for success in his career,

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<v Speaker 1>and he ended up spending most of his life alone

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<v Speaker 1>and in poverty. A success came later after his death,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's still one of the most popular horror writers

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<v Speaker 1>of all. I Am Providence, The Life and Times of

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<v Speaker 1>HP Lovecraft The Book Club WZ Boston's news radio