PROF. BARRETT WENDELL has written entertainingly of Whitman, and yet known facts respecting the poet's early life cannot be reconciled with Prof. Wendell's statement in his "Literary History of ...

When George's name was published on a list of wounded soldiers in the newspapers in December 1862, Walt hurried south ... New York stagecoach drivers, Whitman had written about conditions in ...

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

Then, one day, I was stopped on Washington Street by a friend who made this startling announcement: "Walt Whitman ... "I could never have written Leaves of Grass." Whitman was at that time a ...

Walt Whitman's ego seemed impervious to criticism, and his self-promotion — writing anonymous reviews of his own book — suggests total self-assurance. There was, however, one man whose praise ...

Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln never spoke to one another in real life, except perhaps the briefest exchange of pleasantries. But on this page of Whitman’s pocket notebook, written sometime ...

for a “Redeemer President,” Lincoln is the one figure in Whitman’s poetry that is permitted to cast a shadow over the poet himself; for this reason, it is easy to see why critics evinced from an early ...

Griffin Hansbury ’93 is a psychoanalyst and writer living in New York City. His books include Feral City, Vanishing New York ...

246 Old Walt ... Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site and Interpretive Center offers visitors to Long Island the opportunity to step back in time and encounter the life and works of the ...

UCSB Arts & Lectures, as part of its Justice For All programming initiative, presents “An Evening with Percival Everett” on ...

A 16-year-old varsity basketball player was killed on Saturday in Fort Greene’s Whitman Houses, said cops. Tae’Arion Mungo ...

Ted Ricketts has had a hand in some of the happiest music heard around the world. As a longtime Disney composer, arranger and producer, his work is reflected in parades, fireworks shows and in ...