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 ...

When we look at photographs of authors, especially famous authors, we scan their faces, hoping to find some connection between the way they look and their work. We never find it, or at least I ...

Walt Whitman offers insights into social studies topics including the Civil War, the impact of war on soldiers and their families, American literary history, the history of New York City, the ...

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 ...

I first made acquaintance with Whitman's writings when a newspaper notice of the earliest edition of Leaves of Grass reached me, in Paris, in the autumn of 1855. It was the most exhilarating piece ...

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

1pm. Walt Whitman’s Open Road. Professor Karen Karbiener will offer a one-hour introduction to Whitman and his great poem, “Song of Myself.” Karbiener is the founder of the Walt Whitman ...

Photograph showing Union soldiers with rifles at attention in front of the Capitol. May 13, 1861. Courtesy: Library of Congress Whitman was forty-two years old when the Civil War started.

WHITMAN — A Whitman resident is a little richer after winning the Massachusetts Lottery’s new “$200 a Week for Life” instant ticket game. James Hawker, of Whitman, won a $200 a week for ...

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 ...