If you are searching for Whitman-related events in the the New York area, please also check the Walt Whitman Birthplace website (we highly recommend the tours of the house Whitman Sr. built and Walt lived in for his first four years) and the Whitman House in Camden, NJ (step inside Walt’s home for his last decade).

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Whitman in Canoes on the Gowanus at Dawn

September 18, 2019 @ 7:00 am

Read watery excerpts from Walt Whitman’s poetry in canoes at dawn on the Gowanus Canal – or listen from the historic Carroll Street Bridge. Presented with the Walt Whitman Initiative as part of the 2019 Walt Whitman Bicentennial. Readers should contact Brad.Vogel@gmail.com in advance to arrange selections. Readers arrive at the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse at 7:00 am on the day of the event, audience arrives on bridge at 7:45 am. Event may be cancelled due to rain by 6:30 am on event date.

*Third annual dawn reading on the Gowanus.

Whitman in Canoes on the Gowanus at Dawn

September 18, 2019 @ 7:00 am

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