But even without its mention in the film, Walt Whitman's poem deserves a spot on the list of the most famous poems ever ...

I first made acquaintance with Whitman's writings ... I bring to you no proud poem,' " I replied. O'Connor cried out, in his vehement way, "That's so, Walt, -- that's so!" "I think you are right ...

A CT history professor revisits the memorable election of 1884, 'one of the dirtiest in U.S. history,' which inspired a poem ...

Here’s another poem made famous by the film Dead Poets Society—and by the fact that Walt Whitman is, without question, one of ...

Walt Whitman's small notebook, now disbound, had this black leather cover when the poet carried it in his coat pocket. Whitman first saw Lincoln when the president-elect visited New York on his ...

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On Saturday, October 26, from 4-7pm, Compagnia de'Colombari’s Whitman on Walls! (WoW!) will come to Queens in collaboration ...

AMERICAN POETRY now belongs to a subculture ... part of its cultural vision remains out of reach. Today Walt Whitman's challenge "To have great poets, there must be great audiences, too" reads ...

246 Old Walt Whitman Road ... Interpretive Center Here visitors can delve deeply into Whitman’s life and poetry through a series of engaging exhibits that trace the poet’s development from ...

At 21, Walt Whitman taught kids in Southold, but it’s said he was charged with sodomy, tarred and feathered and driven out of ...

24—In these fractious times, Santa Fe Pro Musica has gathered poets, musicians and actors to build community around the works of Walt Whitman ... version of Whitman's famous poem "Song of ...

House museums dedicated to literary giants like Walt Whitman, Nathaniel Hawthorne and ... some 1,800 pages of his early short stories and poems were found in a broom closet at Rowan Oak.