Walt Whitman spent half his life writing and revising “Leaves of Grass,” his epic poem of a young man’s journey of self-discovery in a young country, America as it grows into a democracy.

Walt Whitman sent the following letter to the managers of the tertio-millennial celebration in Santa Fe, New-Mexico. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

was named Long Island Poet of the Year, the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association, Inc. announced. The Long Island roots of Walt Whitman, long considered one of America’s iconic poets, were ...

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 ...

I often find myself returning to the American poet Walt Whitman. Related 'Yellowstone' highlights Montana's forgotten ties to the Confederacy America's glass ceiling remains -- some reasons why a ...

Walt Whitman ... Leaves of Grass, Whitman is fired from his job at Interior. He finds a new job at the attorney general's office. Whitman publishes Drum-Taps, a book of poems on the subject ...

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 ...

I stop somewhere here, waiting for you," Mass read. Those are the final lines from Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself," which is included in his seminal poetry collection Leaves of Grass.

Walt Whitman ... Leaves of Grass, Whitman is fired from his job at Interior. He finds a new job at the attorney general's office. Whitman publishes Drum-Taps, a book of poems on the subject ...