“Oh Captain! My Captain,” mourning the death of Lincoln 150 years ago today, was Whitman’s most popular poem.
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Mourning the Death of “Captain” Lincoln
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V-E Day, Whitman, and My 15 Minutes
My 15 minutes: during Slovenia’s 1995 V-E Day celebration I read Walt Whitman to a national television audience.
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Oh, Captain! Is Jeter’s Fearful Trip Done?
Seeing “the Captain” Derek Jeter break his ankle conjures up Whitman’s “captain” poem.
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Reading Whitman: My 15 Minutes of Fame
My 15 minutes of fame came when I read Walt Whitman’s “Oh Captain, My Captain” to the people of Slovenia. The occasion was the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. As today is D-Day, it seems a good time to tell the story.
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