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Whitman In Your Mouth (and all over your body) – A Discussion About Poetry in Performance

John Kevin Jones shares his approach to bringing literature and poetry to life through live performance. He explains that the journey from selecting the work to standing in front of an audience involves immersing oneself in the text and allowing it to become intuitive. By deeply understanding the work and embodying it as a performer, [...]

Containing Multitudes: The Visual Literature of Warren Lehrer, with Adeena Karasick and Judith Sloan

Author/artist Warren Lehrer’s solo and collaborative books and multimedia projects form a panoramic and very human chronicle of the American experience, from boardwalks, fast food joints, youth detention centers and mental health wards, to the prismatic personalities of immigrant Queens, NY, and a half century of imaginary books by his literary alter ego Bleu Mobley. [...]

Whitman’s Warnings: The Poet in Performance

On the eve of its staged reading at the Walt Whitman Birthplace, the new play "American Poet: Whitman's Warnings" will be the focus of conversation for playwright Sarah Vander Schaaff and WWI president Karen Karbiener. Learn about the genesis of this work exploring Whitman's creative genius in the face of the national crises of his [...]

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