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Walt Whitman
October 26, 2021
Critical Mass
The Democracy Walt Whitman Wanted
A new book argues that Whitman’s celebration of fellow feeling could unite America today.
March 8, 2019
In Search of Brooklyn’s Queer Past
Hugh Ryan’s book traces a largely forgotten history.
February 21, 2017
A newly discovered Walt Whitman novel shows why he became a poet instead.
January 20, 2016
Sarah Palin: The Walt Whitman of Wasilla
Donald Trump's new sidekick belongs to a noble American poetic tradition.
November 19, 2014
A Poem and A Logo: What Walt Whitman Gave The New Republic
October 17, 2014
Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman Once Spent an Afternoon Together. Here's What Happened.
October 7, 2014
It's Time to Take Back Our Aging, Smelly Bodies
Why it's important to resist shame and disgust
March 26, 2014
The Miracle of Walt Whitman
November 23, 2011
The Blooming Foreigner
May 16, 2005
Heart Music
April 24, 1995
The Air Around Tom Paine

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