Make Your Own WhitGuide!
Make Your Own WhitGuide!
Saturday, October 26th
12:00-4:00pm
Walt Whitman Initiative Tane Poetry Library
(91 South Street, NYC, 2nd floor)
Saturday, October 26th, 12:00-4:00pm
Walt Whitman Initiative Tane Poetry Library (91 South Street, NYC, 2nd floor)
Walt Whitman Initiative Tane Poetry Library
91 South Street NYC, at Fulton Stall Market
91 South Street NYC
The Walt Whitman Initiative is thrilled to welcome you to our free, open-access Tane Poetry Library! We invite you to peruse our 600-plus-volume-and-growing-collection, built entirely from donations from our generous supporters.
The Walt Whitman Initiative is thrilled to welcome you to our free, open-access Tane Poetry Library! We invite you to peruse our 600-plus-volume-and-growing-collection, built entirely from donations from our generous supporters.
Open Reading Hours
We are delighted to announce reading hours at the Tane Poetry Library, graciously hosted by our amazing interns! Stop by upstairs at 91 South Street to say hello and enjoy the thoughtful improvements they’re making to our collection. Reading hours extend through Friday December 13.
Mondays & Wednesdays, 1:00 – 4:00pm
(No hours on Monday, October 28)
Mondays & Wednesdays,
1:00 – 4:00pm
(No hours on Monday, October 28)
Fridays & Saturdays, 11:30am – 4:00pm
(Library closed for private event on Friday, November 1)
Fridays & Saturdays,
11:30am – 4:00pm
(Library closed for private event on Friday, November 1)
October 26 & November 16, 12:00 – 3:00pm
October 26 & November 16,
12:00 – 3:00pm
Meet the Interns
Thank you to our partner Fulton Stall Market, a non-profit public farmer’s marketplace responsibly sourcing local products.
The Robust American Love Speaker Series
The Walt Whitman Initiative is proud to present the Robust American Love Speaker Series! These timely conversations on Whitman’s life, work and legacy are designed to be public-facing and accessible to all. Attend the talks live or enjoy them later at the Whitman Initiative YouTube channel. Presentations are free, informal, and will often include interviews and question and answer sessions with audience members. For more information on specific presenters and topics, please check out the event listings here on our site!
Upcoming Guests
SOCIAL MEDIA
WWI IN THE NEWS
200th Birthday
“Celebrating Walt Whitman the Long Islander, 200 years after he was born” Newsweek, John Hanc, May 10, 2019
An article on Whitman’s connection to Long Island throughout his life, featuring insights and Whitman walking tours by Karen Karbiener!
PAST WHITMAN INITIATIVE ACTIVITIES
On Nov. 2nd we celebrated the co-naming of the intersection of Ryerson Street and DeKalb Avenue as Walt Whitman Way! Council Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo, poets, and Whitman enthusiasts were on hand to celebrate this milestone marking the 200th Anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birth and the work to landmark his former home at 99 Ryerson Street.
In 1855, Walt Whitman would travel from his house on 99 Ryerson St. to the Rome Print shop on 98 Cranberry St. and back again to work on the publication of his masterwork Leaves of Grass. During the Walt Whitman Way Day ceremony we retraced Whitman’s footsteps between these two locations, learning about his connection to the neighborhood along the way, and arriving just in time for the amazing ceremony speakers and performers!
Walt Whitman Birthday Bicentennial Publication!
Interested in finding out what this Whitmania is all about? Want to find a Whitman event near you? Want to learn more about Whitman and his work? The Walt Whitman Birthday Bicentennial Publication has got you covered! Thanks to all the Whitman Consortium members that made this publication possible.