I first made acquaintance with Whitman's writings when a newspaper ... the words that burn in the prose-poem Nature, and in the essays on Spiritual Laws, The Over-Soul, Self-Reliance.

Walt Whitman's small notebook ... Beginning on the next page, Whitman turns directly to the disaster confronting the Union, addressing this fragmentary poem to “Libertad.” ...

This engaging film tells the story of Walt Whitman’s remarkable life (1819-1892), the turbulent era in which he lived, and the timeless poetry he created. Interweaving narration and dramatic ...

His adoration of nature and independent approach ... The exposure fundamentally changed Walt Whitman’s perspective on poetry, and it would take years of rumination before he could respond ...

Walt Whitman was a late bloomer. By the early 1850s he had published poems, short stories ... Whitman loves nature. He believes that people—and democracies—can thrive only if people keep ...

When George's name was published on a list of wounded soldiers in the newspapers in December 1862, Walt hurried ... occasionally read the poems aloud. In April 1865 Whitman was in Brooklyn ...

Walt Whitman's ego ... of Leaves of Grass, Whitman called on Emerson and discussed the book. Emerson advised the younger man to cut out the more overtly sexual poems, but, even after hearing ...