43. WRITERS: Edgar Allan Poe in Providence

Episode Description: While he never lived in Rhode Island, Edgar Allan Poe famously spent time here at the end of his life. He courted a Providence writer, Sarah Helen Whitman, and spent time at her East Side home, Swan Point Cemetery and the Athenaeum. Episode Source Material: About… – Edgar Allan Poe: Rhode IslandSarah Helen Whitman, Providence Poet Who Dumped Edgar Allan Poe - New England Historical SocietySarah Helen Whitman, Providence Poet Who Dumped Edgar Allan Poe - New England Historical SocietySarah Helen Whitman - WikipediaSarah Helen Whitman | Poetry FoundationSarah Helen Whitman | Biography, Books, & Facts | BritannicaUlalume - WikipediaPoe & WhitmanBenefit Street: Sarah Helen Whitman Residence, Rose Garden, & St. John's Cathedral – Edgar Allan Poe: Rhode Island“Ulalume” & The American Whig Review – Edgar Allan PoeThe Franklin Lyceum – Edgar Allan Poe: Rhode IslandSarah Helen and Susan Anna Residence, 140 Power Street – Edgar Allan PoeSwan Point Cemetery – Edgar Allan Poe“Ultima Thule” – Edgar Allan PoeSarah Helen Whitman – Edgar Allan PoeThe (Still) Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe | History | Smithsonian MagazinePoe Biography - The Poe MuseumEdgar Allan Poe & Sarah Helen Whitman | curioEdgar Allan Poe and His Tumultuous Romances (US National Park Service)Edgar Allan Poe on Valentine's DayPoe, Lynch, and the Literary Salon SceneEdgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Letters - SH Whitman to EA Poe (early August 1848)Works - Letters - EA Poe to SH Whitman (September 5, 1848)Works - Letters - SH Whitman to EA Poe (September 27-29, 1848)The Last Letters of Edgar Allan Poe to Sarah Helen WhitmanEdgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Letters - EA Poe to SH Whitman (November 24, 1848)Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - People - Mrs. Frances Sargent OsgoodThe Life and Addictions of Edgar Allan PoeDeath of Edgar Allan Poe - WikipediaEdgar Allan Poe - WikipediaVirginia Clemm | History of American Women