Walt Whitman Initiative Tane Poetry Library
Fulton Stall Market, 91 South Street NYC
91 South Street NYC
The Walt Whitman Initiative is thrilled to welcome you to our free, open-access Tane Poetry Library! Come peruse our 600-plus-volume-and-growing-collection, built entirely from donations from our generous supporters.
Open Reading Hours
with Jane Lilly
with Jane Lilly
12:00 – 3:00pm
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays through August 22!
(except July 25)
Thank you to our partner Fulton Stall Market, a non-profit public farmer’s marketplace responsibly sourcing local products.
Annual “Song of Myself” Marathon
YAWP WITH US IN 2024!
Poster design by Stefan Killen
“Of all nations the United States with veins full of poetical stuff most need poets…” (from Whitman’s “Preface” to Leaves of Grass (1855))
Sunday, September 15th, 3:00-6:30pm
Sunday, September 15th, 3:00-6:30pm
Please mark your calendars for Sunday, September 15, 3:00-6:30pm, when we’ll return in person to the Granite Prospect in Brooklyn Bridge Park for our 21st annual live “Song of Myself” Marathon! Stay tuned for more information later this summer.
Meanwhile, check out our joyous yawps of previous years here!
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.