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 ...

Walt Whitman's small notebook ... Beginning on the next page, Whitman turns directly to the disaster confronting the Union, addressing this fragmentary poem to “Libertad.” ...

Seemingly answering the call Whitman voiced in :The Eighteenth Presidency!" for a “Redeemer President,” Lincoln is the one figure in Whitman’s poetry that is permitted ... Abraham Lincoln and Walt ...

This engaging film tells the story of Walt Whitman’s remarkable life (1819-1892), the turbulent era in which he lived, and the timeless poetry he created. Interweaving narration and dramatic ...

Walt Whitman's ego ... of Leaves of Grass, Whitman called on Emerson and discussed the book. Emerson advised the younger man to cut out the more overtly sexual poems, but, even after hearing ...

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 ...