Walt Whitman

A daguerreotype of Walt Whitman is displayed at the New York Public Library

American Icons: ‘Leaves of Grass’

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This is the poem that taught America to sing itself.

American Icons: Leaves of Grass

Arts, Culture & Media

Jessica Lange & Leaves of Grass

Arts, Culture & Media

The Art of American Cartography

The World

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What would Walt Whitman Say?

The celebrated poet Walt Whitman once wrote, “America does not repel the past.” But, the congregation of a tiny, historic church in southern New Jersey is wondering if the nation still heeds its Poet. A road-widening project threatens to destroy two old trees which have flanked the church’s entrance since the days Whitman himself spent […]