When George's name was published on a list of wounded soldiers in the newspapers in December 1862, Walt hurried south to find his brother. Whitman was relieved to discover that George had hardly ...

It’s winter, but birch trees have sprouted in Schaeffer Theatre — crafted by stage manager Sophie Hafter '25, whose scenic artistry helps "The Seagull" glide between realism and the avant-garde.

Walt Whitman offers insights into social studies ... prepare an oral presentation for the class that includes (a) a brief biography of their assigned poet and (b) a reading of one of his or ...

Then, one day, I was stopped on Washington Street by a friend who made this startling announcement: "Walt Whitman is in town; I have seen him!" When I asked where, he replied: "At the stereotype ...

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 ...

The result is a beautiful and moving film cycle. Walt Whitman was a late bloomer. By the early 1850s he had published poems, short stories, and a novel, but all of them were thoroughly ...

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 ...

“But for the opera, I could never have written Leaves of Grass.” —Walt Whitman From “Proud Music of the Storm” to “Italian Music in Dakota,” the influence of opera on Whitman’s work is more than ...

In the first poem (called in later editions "Poem of Walt Whitman, an American" or just "Walt Whitman" before assuming the title "Song of Myself") the first person narrator eventually reveals ...

SOUTH HUNTINGTON, NY — Dr. Scott Muller, assistant principal of Walt Whitman High School, was named the 2025 New York State Assistant Principal of the Year by the School Administrators ...

for this reason, it is easy to see why critics evinced from an early date an interest in considering the relationship between the two. William Eleazar Barton. Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman.

The first edition of Whitman’s major poetic work was published in 1855 at his own expense, and bore only his image—no name. From the first to the last of the six editions of "Leaves of Grass," the ...