Archivist Shannon Lausch Researching "The Possum"

Shannon Lausch, an archivist at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, researching the life and work of her ancestor Gammon Lausch; 2014. Gammon Lausch’s 1837 poem “The Possum” was apparently a great influence upon famous poet and author Edgar Allan Poe, who seems to have copied the meter and themes of the poem in his own “The Raven.” April Fools!

White woman with glasses sitting at desk with open folder in her hands with archival box and cup in front of her

Courtesy of Sarah Bost

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