Although the book was a failure, Edward Weston considered his 1941 photographs for Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' as some of his best work. Edward Weston, “Mr. and Mrs. Fry of Burnet, Texas” (1941), ...

Much is known about the life of Brooklyn literary king Walt Whitman, but can you locate the residence where he penned his opus? In Wallabout, Whitman wrote the first version of his greatest and best ...

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. Whitman was ...

2011.12.52.9a: A copy of Selections from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman with an attached bookmark (2011.12.52.9b). It is a faux, brown leatherbound hardcover book with a sewn binding. The book has ...

For Leaves of Grass, pianist/composer Fred Hersch has set the poetry of Walt Whitman to music. Without a doubt that this is a very great record. Hersch's compositions, which showcase the singing of ...

Aug. 27 (UPI) --A Virginia library had an "exciting return" when a copy of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass found its way back to the facility after being due back 50 years earlier. The Appomattox ...

Walt Whitman is born to Louisa and Walter Whitman in Huntington Township on Long Island, New York. He is the second of eight surviving children. His father will struggle to support the family as a ...

The poet wandered for himself and for his various day jobs with New York City newspapers. Some of his haunts are still standing; most have been swept away with time. An 1853 daguerreotype portrait of ...

Daniel Dell Blake doesn't want to fit in. He wants the right to stand out. But in a small fictional town of Elysium, New York, that's a dangerous wish. Blake is the main character in - Song of Myself: ...

Aug. 27 (UPI) --A Virginia library had an "exciting return" when a copy of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass found its way back to the facility after being due back 50 years earlier. The Appomattox ...