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September 7, 2022

The Democracy Walt Whitman Wanted

Ian Beacock The New Republic

A new book argues that Whitman’s celebration of fellow feeling could unite America today.

poetry

October 30, 2020

Election Day, 1884

Walt Whitman

The great American Bard Walt Whitman (1819-1892) celebrates what all citizens must do next Tuesday: VOTE!!

poetry

July 19, 2019

Leaves of Crass

Jeff Balch Evanston Round Table

Illinois poet Jeff Balch takes some liberties with Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself,” turning the verse into something like the voice of our president, if he were poetic.

May 2, 2019

Tidbits - May 2, 2019 - Reader Comments: Venezuela Eyewitness Reports; Impeachment debate; Anita Hill; Ilhan Omar; Higher Minimum Wage; Walt Whitman; Pete Seeger; Hubble Measurements; Racism and Women's Suffrage; and more....

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Reader Comments: Eyewitness Reports from Caracas, Venezuela; Impeachment debate; Anita Hill; Ilhan Omar; Higher Minimum Wage; Walt Whitman; Pete Seeger Tribute; Hubble Measurements; Racism and Women's Suffrage; lots of Announcements and more....

April 28, 2019

Walt Whitman’s Guide to a Thriving Democracy

Mark Edmundson The Atlantic

America had a mind shaped by its Founders, but the country needed the poet to discover its spirit.

poetry

May 31, 2019

Walt Whitman: Citizen Poet

Poetry Foundation

May 31, 2019, is the 200th birthday of the seminal American poet

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