Liminal Flares Episode 2:
“The Raven”
by Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven,” but make it gender-inclusive.

Surprise! Because our first episode is so different from what we’ll be sharing on a weekly basis, we’re dropping episode 2 now for an early taste of Liminal Flares proper.

What can be said about one of literature’s most famous poems that hasn’t already been said? Oh, I know: we enjoy this version so much more.

The very first time I amended a piece of literature to make its language gender-inclusive, I used Poe’s legendary poem about a grieving lover whose suffering is steadily exacerbated by a vexatiously laconic corvid visitor. So what better place to kick things off than where I began doing this purely for myself?

Also in this episode: after reading “The Raven” I take a few minutes to draw back the curtain and share precisely how I edited the poem to make the language gender neutral.

This is not something I plan to do for every episode. But I thought some listeners might appreciate an illustration of the specific sorts of grammatical changes that I make in the short stories and poetry read on this podcast.

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Writing/Editing & Narration by Maika
Music by The Parlour Trick
Audio Engineering by Meredith Yayanos
Cover art by Daniel Kern

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