Before Edgar Allen Poe sold his poem The Raven for $9, or roughly $300 in today’s dollars, to The American Review, the owner of Graham’s Magazine gifted him $15 after turning Poe down because he thought the poem was a cry for help. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/10/28/priority-edgar-allan-poes-poem-raven-rejected-one-magazine-eventually-sold-9/
Fun Fact – The Raven Sold For Cheap
