‘This is no book” announced Walt Whitman, in the poem that ended the 1860 edition of his “Leaves of Grass”: “Who touches this touches a man.” For some readers, that was rather too close for comfort. A ...

Poetry enthusiasts can celebrate the works of Walt Whitman later this month during an evening of food, short films and live performances at the Venice Island Performing Arts Center. MORE EVENTS Arts ...

Several places, including Long Island, Washington, D.C., and Brooklyn, can legitimately lay claim to Walt Whitman. Given that Whitman spent his final 19 years in Camden, we should hail this New Jersey ...

The Narrow Road to the Deep North Is a Story of Love and War The Written World’s Rewards Audio By Carbonatix Anyone who doubts his contribution to the democratic project should read his poetry. When ...

A fascinating new project combining the minds of lauded illustrator Brian Selznick (The Invention of Hugo Cabret) and the late poet Walt Whitman will publish early next year by Abrams ComicArts, EW ...

LOS ANGELES — Scholars have for decades tried to identify a puzzling celestial event in one of Walt Whitman’s poems from his collection “Leaves of Grass.” Now they’ve done so, using clues from a famed ...

Back in September, we posted on a Curtis Lovell Meets Walt Whitman: Listening Party, as part of the Calamus Project. Now that the musical side of the project has wrapped up, it’s time for the poetic ...

The lesson we find in Walt Whitman is a reminder of the complexity of the individual, and how we can find succor in art even when its maker is deeply imperfect. Louis Vuitton shirt, price on request, ...

Members of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret rehearse for a performance that examines Walt Whitman's legacy, " Contradict This! A Birthday Funeral for Heroes." (Emma Lee/WHYY) When the Delaware River Port ...

A special exhibit is returning to Buffalo this weekend. Embracing Earth: Burchfield & Whitman is co-curated by Sam Magavern and Burchfield Scholar, Nancy Weekly. “Along with beautiful Burchfield art, ...