Locations: Walt Whitman Park & Cadman Plaza Park Saturday, April 28th 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Come help: rake and bag leaves weeding & pruning We have supplies--we just need you! No experience--no problem! Come help! Note to parents: This is a kid-friendly event. We have rakes and tools for little ones.
WALT FEST celebrates the Bard’s birth, connects the "Whitman Woods" dots LAUREL SPRINGS, New Jersey — WALT FEST will unfold in this tiny Camden County Borough from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. on June 2, the first Saturday after Poet Walt Whitman's May 31 birthday. The Good Gray Poet, born in 1819, was famously fond of the [...]
Contribute your barbaric yawp to the annual “Song of Myself” Marathon! Hosted by Whitman scholar and NYU professor Karen Karbiener. The Marathon will be held on Saturday, June 8 from 4:30 - 7 pm. We’ll be led off by thunder-voiced poet Martín Espada, and once again be treated to the spectacular view of Manhattan, the [...]
In honor of National Poetry Month, come and explore Walt Whitman as the “father of free verse,” the first true American poet, and his outspoken opposition to slavery and his work during the Civil War. Attendees will be part of an exciting and enlightening discussion, followed by a workshop conducted by Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan. Nuzzo-Morgan was [...]
Poetry Now is an annual symposium on the research and writing of poetry held by the Department of English and American Studies at Tel Aviv University. In its third year, on the occasion of Whitman’s Bicentennial, Poetry Now will feature a variety of talks, including women’s visionary poetry, Richard Rorty, and Whitman/Levertov, with Professor Ed [...]
From 1824 through the 1855 publication of Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman's relationships with Brooklyn's built and natural environments and the citizens who inhabited them left an indelible mark on his work. Join contemporary stewards of Whitman's Brooklyn legacies, including Greg Trupiano of The Walt Whitman Project, Charles Jarden and Julian Macrone of the Fort Greene Park Conservancy, and Karen Karbiener of NYU and [...]
In “Song of Myself,” Walt Whitman rejected conventions of uniform identity, famously declaring, “I contain multitudes.” Our second-annual LGBTQ & Friends party takes inspiration from this queer icon to celebrate the multiplicity of individuality and the true diversity of the LGBTQ+ community. Enjoy live music, curator talks, a complimentary wine bar, after-hours access to our [...]
Explore the influences of nineteenth-century America on Walt Whitman’s writing, from slavery and his witness of the Civil War to everyday life in New York City with David S. Reynolds, Distinguished Professor, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and author of Walt Whitman’s America: A Cultural Biography, winner of the Bancroft Prize [...]
Los Angeles women literary artists explore the complicated legacy of the father of American poetry. This lively mix of reading, discussion, and performance is part of Whitmania, the west coast’s largest celebration of Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday in 2019. Featuring Dominiqua Dickey, Cecilia Fairchild, Susannah Rodríguez Drissi, and Amber West. This reading is part of [...]
Live Oak, With Moss (Abrams, 2019) book launch celebration featuring New York Times best-selling and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator, Brian Selznick (The Invention of Hugo Cabret) in conversation with Whitman scholar, Dr. Karen Karbiener (New York University), Tuesday, October 15, 4-6pm in the East Rotunda of UCLA’s Powell Library. This event is free and open to [...]
Join poets and UCLA faculty members, Drs. Amber West and Susannah Rodriguez Drissi in honoring the legacy of the father of American poetry with a lively evening of original poetry, puppetry, and music by diverse Los Angeles artists including puppeteer Audrey Densmore and musical duo The Singer & The Songwriter, Fowler Museum, 6-7pm This performance [...]
