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Celebrate Walt Whitman's Biennial with the Morgan Library & Museum

Celebrate Walt Whitman's Biennial with the Morgan Library & Museum

An Exhibit of His Life and Works is on Display through September

By Ted Widmer | July 2, 2019

Previewing the First Ever LGBTQ+ Rare Books Auction

Previewing the First Ever LGBTQ+ Rare Books Auction

Including Signed First Editions from Walt Whitman, James Baldwin, Radclyffe Hall, and More

By Rebecca Rego Barry | June 20, 2019

What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life">EXCLUSIVE COVER REVEAL: Mark Doty's <emWhat Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life">

What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life">EXCLUSIVE COVER REVEAL: Mark Doty's What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life

By Emily Temple | June 19, 2019

Trying to Get Beyond the Cliches of Literary Brooklyn

Trying to Get Beyond the Cliches of Literary Brooklyn

Richard Kreitner Visits the Stomping Grounds of Whitman, Moore, and Many Others

By Richard Kreitner | June 7, 2019

Death and the Poet: Thinking of Whitman at My Husband's Grave

Death and the Poet: Thinking of Whitman at My Husband's Grave

Kathleen Volk Miller on the Unlikely Juxtapositions in Life and in Death

By Kathleen Volk Miller | May 30, 2019

On Walt Whitman, Unsung Newspaperman

On Walt Whitman, Unsung Newspaperman

Understanding the Poet as a Journalist, in 2019

By Philip Eil | May 29, 2019

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A Brief History of Queer Language Before Queer Identity

By Jeanna Kadlec | May 13, 2019

Walt Whitman Had Some Thoughts on Sex

By Brenda Wineapple | April 22, 2019

Brooklyn's Earliest, Secret Enclaves of Queer Life

By Hugh Ryan | March 13, 2019

What It Is to Love an Old Dog

What It Is to Love an Old Dog

His Walks Became Tentative; He Could No Longer Wag His Tail

By Dave Lucas | July 24, 2018

When Wilde Met Whitman

When Wilde Met Whitman

As He Told a Friend Years Later, "The Kiss of Walt Whitman is Still on My Lips"

By Michèle Mendelssohn | July 16, 2018

Writers of the Zodiac: Playful Gemini? You Have a Way With Words

Writers of the Zodiac: Playful Gemini? You Have a Way With Words

From Gwendolyn Brooks to Dashiell Hammett, Geminis are Curious and Creative

By Randon Rosenbohm | June 20, 2018

When Walt Whitman's Poems Were Rejected For Being Too Timely

When Walt Whitman's Poems Were Rejected For Being Too Timely

So1861">"1861" is Just So1861

By Emily Temple | May 31, 2018

47 of Your Favorite Writers on Their Favorite Poems

47 of Your Favorite Writers on Their Favorite Poems

The Best Way to Celebrate National Soyfoods Month (Wait)

By Emily Temple | April 2, 2018

25 of the Most Expensive Books You Can Buy on the Internet

25 of the Most Expensive Books You Can Buy on the Internet

In Case You've Got Some Extra Money Lying Around

By Emily Temple | March 22, 2018

10 Iconic Brooklyn Books...

10 Iconic Brooklyn Books...

...that Every New Yorker Should Read

By Emily Temple | January 17, 2018

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