In a curious twist of history, Andrew Carnegie, that titan of industry, once called Walt ... Whitman this sense of connection? The poem is structured around the following possibility: If life ...

The following description of Walt Whitman's life contains 15 inaccuracies ... In 1848 he moved to New Orleans to write poetry. Later that year he returned to Brooklyn and founded a pro-slavery ...

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 ...

The exposure fundamentally changed Walt Whitman’s perspective on poetry, and it would take years ... keeps people from making the most of their life, even if it doesn’t necessarily lead ...

On Saturday, May 3 at 4 p.m., the Clark Art Institute presents “Walt Whitman Comes to the Clark,” a combination film ...

Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln never spoke to one another in real life, except perhaps the briefest ... addressing this fragmentary poem to “Libertad.” The question of exactly why, instead ...

When George's name was published on a list of wounded soldiers in the newspapers in December 1862, Walt hurried ... soldier would tell Whitman that his visit had saved his life.