43. WRITERS: Edgar Allan Poe in Providence

<p><i>Episode Description: </i></p><p>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. </p><p><i>Episode Source Material: </i></p><ul><li><a href="https://edgarallanpoeri.com/about-us/">About… – Edgar Allan Poe: Rhode Island</a></li><li><a href="https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/sarah-helen-whitman-providence-poet-dumped-edgar-allan-poe/">Sarah Helen Whitman, Providence Poet Who Dumped Edgar Allan Poe - New England Historical Society</a></li><li><a href="https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/sarah-helen-whitman-providence-poet-dumped-edgar-allan-poe/">Sarah Helen Whitman, Providence Poet Who Dumped Edgar Allan Poe - New England Historical Society</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Helen_Whitman">Sarah Helen Whitman - Wikipedia</a></li><li><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sarah-helen-whitman">Sarah Helen Whitman | Poetry Foundation</a></li><li><a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sarah-Helen-Power-Whitman">Sarah Helen Whitman | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulalume">Ulalume - Wikipedia</a></li><li><a href="https://providenceathenaeum.org/about/history/poe-whitman/">Poe & Whitman</a></li><li><a href="https://edgarallanpoeri.com/home-of-sarah-helen-whitman/">Benefit Street: Sarah Helen Whitman Residence, Rose Garden, & St. John's Cathedral – Edgar Allan Poe: Rhode Island</a></li><li><a href="https://edgarallanpoeri.com/the-american-review/">“Ulalume” & The American Whig Review – Edgar Allan Poe</a></li><li><a href="https://edgarallanpoeri.com/the-franklin-lyceum/">The Franklin Lyceum – Edgar Allan Poe: Rhode Island</a></li><li><a href="https://edgarallanpoeri.com/home-of-sarah-helen-and-susan-anna/">Sarah Helen and Susan Anna Residence, 140 Power Street – Edgar Allan Poe</a></li><li><a href="https://edgarallanpoeri.