America’s strength as always lain in its diversity, as Walt Whitman well knew. “I Sing America” is a great poem to read on July 4th.
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Whitman Celebrates a Diverse America
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Margaret Atwood on the Cicada Love Song
Atwood’s “Cicadas” depicts the sexual urges that drive the insect.
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Holding America to Its Ideals
Whitman and Hughes, together, remind us of the American promise.
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Whitman: Ballots Like Snowflakes Falling
Walt Whitman’s celebration of democratic elections is a powerful encorsement.
We All Sing America
Between them, Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes do a good job of defining America.
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Whitman Would Embrace Trump’s Victims
Thursday I wrote yesterday’s Walt Whitman post before hearing Donald Trump’s Oval Office address, which is why I find myself returning to the poet again so soon. Like the Statue of Liberty mentioned by Sen. Chuck Schumer in his response to Trump, Whitman’s Song of Myself serves as an antidote to the president’s racism and xenophobia. Trump, as […]
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Whitman Humanizes the Judicial Process
Wednesday In a fascinating project described by New Yorker author Jia Tolentino a while back, a young filmmaker used Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself to understand Alabama culture. Touring the state, Jennifer Crandall had different people recite lines from the poem, including a drug court judge in an open session. I highly recommend watching the […]
Imagining Little Ocean’s Future
Looking for the literary significance of my latest grandchild, I turn to Walcott, Whitman, Masefield, Coleridge, and Byron. What emerges is a mystical seeker.
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Sleeping Outdoors
Poetry adds an extra dimension to sleeping outdoors.
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