Around this time, she was also involved in a scandal involving fellow literary critic Edgar Allan Poe, who had been carrying on a public flirtation with the married poet Frances Sargent Osgood.
Omkring denna tid var hon också inblandad i ett skandal som rörde litteraturkritikerkollegan Edgar Allan Poe, som hade utfört en offentlig flört med den gifta poeten Frances Sargent Osgood.