I first made acquaintance with ... the great statesman; in the old tenement opposite, in a bare and desolate back room, up three flights of stairs, quite alone, lived the poet. Walt led the ...

When we look at photographs of authors, especially famous authors ... tired even of being Walt Whitman. “There was a period early on in my career in which I tried to be Whitmanesque, in my ...

among the famous birthdays for May 31. Walter "Walt" Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between ...

Walt Whitman offers insights into social studies ... a reading of one of his or her best-known poems. Groups should also copy the poem onto poster-sized paper and post it on the wall.