Clinton calls for partnership with Russians Oct 15, 2009
Prior to the meeting with students, Clinton attended the unveiling of a statue of the American poet Walt Whitman on the university's campus. "Just as Pushkin and Whitman reset poetry, we are resetting our relations for the 21st century," Clinton said. (Florida Today)
Clinton disappoints gays in Russia Oct 15, 2009
Clinton attended a statue unveiling of Walt Whitman at Moscow State University with Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. Luzhkov has blocked all attempts to hold gay pride marches in Moscow, once saying they can be described in no other way than as satanic. (Boston Globe)
Poet, CCC professor releases his fifth book Oct 12, 2009
He pointed to William Carlos Williams, Allen Ginsberg and Walt Whitman as particular favorites ... Nelson also edited and wrote the introduction for Earth, My Likeness: Nature Poetry of Walt Whitman, a compilation of Whitman's poems set for publication in 2010 by North Atlantic Books. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Stafford may get museum at Chatham Manor Stafford and Park Service to seek partnership for a county museum at Chatham Oct 10, 2009
Poet Walt Whitman was a nurse's aide. The property's first owner was William Fitz-hugh, a colleague of Washington's in Virginia's House of Burgesses. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Arts: the week ahead Oct 8, 2009
This weekend s Introspections program features styles ranging from contemporary and Chinese-influenced modern dance to upbeat jazz dance, with inspiration ranging from Walt Whitman s Leaves of Grass to domestic violence. Choreographers include Audra Carabetta, Sandra Shih Parks, Judy Wombwell, Stephanie Heroux, Lisa Power, and Stephanie Skier. (Boston Globe)
Edgar Allan Poe gets funeral Oct 7, 2009
Eulogies will follow from actors portraying, among others, Sarah Helen Whitman, a minor poet whom Poe courted after his wife's death, and Walt Whitman, who attended the dedication of Poe's new gravestone in 1875 but didn't feel well enough to speak. Writers and artists influenced by Poe, including Arthur Conan Doyle and Alfred Hitchcock, will also be represented. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Dance review: Jones' 'Fondly Do We Hope ...' Oct 4, 2009
The text comprises clipped biographies (of Jones, Lincoln and wife Mary, for starters), a healthy serving of Walt Whitman, re-creations of a slave auction and the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and the choreographer's ruminations on race relations and the influence of unbridled militarism on the American consciousness. Yet, for all its sincerity, the work feels over-intellectualized, only occasionally igniting the fire that defines Jones at his best. (San Francisco Chronicle)
He's still The Boss Sep 30, 2009
He's contemplated the irony of the vast ocean just beyond the cramped, haunted lives crowded at its edge, and he's sprung from a cage on Highway 9 to sing the body electric, like Walt Whitman before him, with energy and epiphany. Heralded as "the new Bob Dylan" in the early '70s, he's matured into more of a Woody Guthrie or Pete Seeger. (NJ.com -- Times)
Chavez reveals personal side, criticizes U.S. Sep 26, 2009
He also expressed a fondness for American people and culture, saying he likes the movie actor Charles Bronson and the poet Walt Whitman. He loves to sing, he said, though he does not do it well. (CNN -- World)
Original Fame grittier Sep 24, 2009
The sex and drug scenes in the original movie didn't really have much of an impact on me then, not compared with all the wild, chaotic dance jams in the lunch room, the athletic ballet dancers menacing the traffic, or the graduation ceremony, in which everyone joined to sing the body electric a hubristic enterprise, for sure, but at least the lyrics were inspired by Walt Whitman, not Walt Disney. And all these years later, the film stands up: complicated, chaotic, full of hope, but making... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
A bed with a view Sep 24, 2009
The book consists of essays on Walt Whitman, Norman Mailer, Bob Dylan, Fannie Lou Hamer, Margaret Sanger, Clarence Darrow and many others who ve struggled against conformity, commercialism, racism, oligarchy, conventional wisdom, stacked decks and sacred cows. Another book Think on These Things, by J. Krishnamurti, was given to me by one of the kindest women I ve known, the late Donna Dowling, whose young life was rudely taken by cancer. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
10 ways to enjoy doing nothing Sep 22, 2009
Choose the right role models, like Walt Whitman, to help you enjoy being idle ... So feed yourself a diet of John Lennon, Oscar Wilde, Walt Whitman, and the like. (CNN)
The literary lion who hated us, and why we love him anyway Sep 20, 2009
With a few exceptions - Walt Whitman called him an old Octopus - Americans have been decidedly tolerant of Johnson s bile, rarely taking his invective at face value. Instead we have looked past the bluster to the character of the man behind it. (Boston Globe)
Express E-ZPass lane for Betsy Ross bridge Sep 17, 2009
DRPA, a regional transportation agency, owns and operates the Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry and Betsy Ross Bridges, PATCO and the Philadelphia Cruise Terminal. The DRPA also owns the RiverLink Ferry. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
Michael Jeneid, outdoorsman and author, dies Sep 16, 2009
Mr. Jeneid wrote about the birds of prey in Shakespeare and in the poetry of greats like Chaucer and Walt Whitman, and he had the chutzpah to do it in verse. "These writers really were for the birds," he joked in double entendre on his Web site, jeneidoutdoors. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Fall theater productions Sep 13, 2009
A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL CELEBRATION Paula Vogel ( How I Learned to Drive ) blends historical figures (Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, Walt Whitman) with composite or fictional characters (an African-American blacksmith for the Union Army, a Confederate rebel) in a story of entwined lives set on Christmas Eve 1864, in Washington, D.C. Nov. 13-Dec. 13. (Boston Globe)
Looking Up: Poetry in the night sky Sep 13, 2009
Walt Whitman (1819-1892). LOCKSLEY HALL. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" Sep 6, 2009
Walt Whitman, When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom d. Themes. (Suite101.com)
Nicholson Baker’s ‘The Anthologist’ offers antic polemic on reasons for rhyme Sep 6, 2009
us about individual poets: We hear of Walt Whitman s preacherly ampersands, while Longfellow and Whittier are the two American G-rated graybeards. Swinburne, the nineteenth century s King of Pain, is also a great rhymer to whom Lorenz Hart, Gershwin, and other song writers are indebted. (Boston Globe)
Editorial Board's Opinion: Learning is a vital part of jobs picture Sep 5, 2009
8:10 p.m. Friday, September 4, 2009. In the labor of engines and trades and the labor of fields I find the developments, and find the eternal meanings. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Richard Poirier; literary critic and writer who founded Library of America Aug 22, 2009
With grants from the Ford Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the nonprofit venture began publishing in May 1982, with works by Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Walt Whitman. Nearly 200 volumes collecting the works of Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, William Faulkner, James Baldwin, Philip Roth, and other writers have been published to date. (Boston Globe)
Famous hometowns Aug 20, 2009
It wasn't until 2001 that fans of Walt Whitman could step inside the farmhouse that witnessed the birth of America's great poet-to-be in West Hills, N.Y.. Walt Whitman Birthplace Association. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Public radio show features local music festival Aug 15, 2009
Kjaer said Capoccioni approached her about teaming up for the show which highlighted President Abraham Lincoln, poet Walt Whitman and Iowans who took part in the Civil War. She also said she hoped the show brought more attention to the Iowa Veterans Museum and more people out for the Saturday night performance. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Shakespeare on the Porch Aug 12, 2009
A young girl recites "O Captain, My Captain!" a mournful poem written by Walt Whitman upon the death of Abraham Lincoln. The young man trimming trees wanders onto the patio and even he is asked if he has something to recite. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Foster kids face loss of health coverage at age 18 Aug 11, 2009
Hamilton played football for Walt Whitman High School in Maryland and is currently a freshman at Montgomery College, where he is training for college football. He said that if he did not have access to health insurance he would not be able to play football or fully focus on his classes because he would be worried about getting hurt and paying for his basic needs. (CNN -- Health)
Thomas Schroth, 88, editor of influential publications Aug 8, 2009
The 114-year-old Eagle, once edited by the poet Walt Whitman, shut down in 1955 after a strike for higher wages. Mr. Schroth (rhymes with oath) moved to Washington that year and became executive editor of CQ, founded a decade earlier by St. Petersburg Times owner Nelson Poynter. (Boston Globe)
Elegy and Celebration in the Napa V... Aug 4, 2009
Echoes of Walt Whitman ... 18, 2009 Newsweek) A listener to Praise Song for the Day might hear echoes of Walt Whitman. (Suite101.com)
Squaring Dupont Circle Jul 31, 2009
As you ascend the long escalator up from the Dupont Circle subway station you can read lines from Walt Whitman s The Wound-Dresser carved in stone. I sit by the restless all the dark night some are so young; Some suffer so much I recall the experience sweet and sad. (The American Conservative)
Research Funding At UNL Hits A Record $122 Million Jul 31, 2009
$300,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to edit, annotate and make available online the Civil War writings of Walt Whitman. Impressive. (Nebraska Statepaper)
CV Chamber Music Festival celebrates fairy tales, Jewish history and Lincoln Jul 27, 2009
The concert combines the messages of Lincoln and poet Walt Whitman --- who sought peace during a time of national bloodshed --- and 20th century composers who championed their words by setting them to music ... The program will feature Roy Harris' "Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight" for mezzo soprano, violin, cello and piano, Kurt Weill's "Four Whitman Songs for Voice and Piano," Paul Creston's "Three Poems from Walt Whitman Op. 4," Ned Rorem's "War Scenes: A Cycle of Five Songs by Walt... (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Local poets to perform9:53 am | (No comments posted.) Jul 17, 2009
She is developing a one-woman play about Walt Whitman that she said she hopes to finish by next summer. Article Rating. (Watertown Public Opinion, SD)
Community datebook (7/15/09) Jul 15, 2009
An evening celebrating the 00002DAA works of American poet Walt Whitman. Free. (Anchorage Daily News)
Media Backlash? Jul 7, 2009
" (COMMERCIAL BREAK) SCOTT: Parades and celebrations in Iraq on Tuesday as U.S. troops begin to withdraw from Iraqi cities, the first major step from withdrawing all U.S. forces from that nation by December 31st of 2011. President Obama has promised all combat troops will be gone with the country by the end of August 2010, a little more than a year from now. All right, Jim, you've been to Iraq. Has the press ever gotten that story right? (LAUGHTER) PINKERTON: I mean, Walt Whitman said the real... (Fox News)
Look forward this holiday weekend Jul 2, 2009
In his famous poem, "I Hear America Singing," Walt Whitman gets it right. He describes a vast variety of persons, each singing what "belongs to" them in America. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Meet Italy's Version of Andy Warhol Jun 29, 2009
Even a law degree couldn't correct such criminal tendenciesrather than enter the profession, after graduating from Pavia University in 1899 he launched the progressive international literary magazine Poesia (Walt Whitman contributed), wrote thunderingly bizarre poetry and fiction, and, in 1909, founded his own avant-garde. He came to be known as the "caffeine of Europe"an animated cross between P.T. Barnum and Andy Warhol who spent the next 35 years staging raucously absurd serata... (Slate)
Sweetness and Spite Jun 25, 2009
Far too much of Updike s seriously intended poetry the verse in which he took most pride bore the unprepossessing paw-prints of Walt Whitman, whom P.J. O Rourke accurately but unavailingly called a self-obsessed ratchet-jaw with an ear like a tin cookie sheet. Happily, every technical virtue that Updike forgot in his serious efforts, he remembered in his light ones. (The American Conservative)
Late 19th Century Scenes of Summer Jun 22, 2009
Not surprisingly, Eakins was a fan of the free-spirited and earthy poet Walt Whitman, whose "Twenty-Eight Naked Men" portion of Whitman s 1855 Song of Myself seems to underlie The Swimming Hole. Eakins own art students posed for preliminary photos for the painting, and just to practice what he preached, Eakins even included himself among the proudly naked bunch. (Suite101.com)
A Car of Ones Own, Andrew OHagan,London Review of Books Jun 17, 2009
From here it is but the turn of a wheel before we reach Walt Whitman and his songs to the open road. Seilers argument is strong and elegant because it raises a point of wonder: how did a people, so rash and so blunt in many ways, manage to live out their desires in broad daylight to the extent that they did and still do. (Harper's Magazine)
Minuteman holds commencement exercises Jun 16, 2009
He concluded his remarks with a succinct quote from poet Walt Whitman: It s your life. Make it great. (Medford Transcript, MA)
• Burley says new chicken plant will bring 1,000 jobs to area Jun 6, 2009
Pingree quoted Winston Churchill and Walt Whitman, and dropped the names of Reagan and Elie Wiesel at Fridays meeting. He showed graphs that demonstrated the drastic increase in poultry produced in America since 1955 and how, compared to other meats, poultry is relatively inexpensive. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
He Wrote New York Jun 5, 2009
The works of Woody Allen, Tom Wolfe, Walt Whitman and George Templeton Strong help define the capital of the world ... Walt Whitman: The Father of American Poetry. (Suite101.com)
Cover story: Steve Earle tribute to Townes Van Zandt May 21, 2009
He's released nine critically acclaimed albums (two of which won Grammys), published a short story collection ("Doghouse Roses"), wrote and produced a play ("Karla," about executed murderer Karla Faye Tucker), had a recurring role as a recovering addict on David Simon's HBO smash hit "The Wire," and recently shot his first comedy film ("Leaves of Grass" think Cheech and Chong, not Walt Whitman) with Susan Sarandon and Ed Norton. WHAT STEVE EARLE with opener Joe Pug. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Library to receive grant May 20, 2009
Kindergarten to Grade 3: Walt Whitman: Words for America by Barbara Kerley; Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull; Cosechando esperenza: La historia de C/sar Chvaz by Kathleen Krull (translated by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy);The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Sweet Music in Harlem by Debbie Taylor ... The Gunn Memorial Public Library now features excerpts from Bookshelf featured authors Walt Whitman and Henry Wadsworth Long on the... (Yanceyville Caswell Messenger, NC)
Uproar in Alameda over lessons about gays May 17, 2009
The oldest students would learn about hurtful name-calling and stereotypes related to gays and lesbians as well as important contributions made by those of various sexual orientations, including singer Christina Aguilera, poet Walt Whitman and politician Harvey Milk. The board is expected to vote on the proposed curriculum on May 26. (San Francisco Chronicle)
LETTER: There she goes again. Engle riles reader May 17, 2009
In the arts world, which Ms. Oldbach-Engle constantly bemoans, Alan Ginsburg s poetry is in the tradition of Walt Whitman s verse. Pete Seeger is as much a story of America as was the late John Wayne. (Winchester Star, MA, MA)
poets ranked by beard weight May 9, 2009
Walt Whitman (1819 1892)Beard type: HibernatorTypical opus: O Captain. My Captain. (Harper's Magazine)
Dance review: Paul Taylor's perfect 'Renegade' May 3, 2009
The "renegade" of the dance's title is Walt Whitman. And the spiritual philosophy of his poetry - "I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love,/ if you want me again look for me under your boot-soles" - suffuses every moment of this placid yet riveting work. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
LETTER: Using Bible to denounce homosexuality is wrong Apr 29, 2009
The Question wrote on Apr 28, 2009 4:59 PM:" If you were to retroactively withdraw the accomplishments of gay people from history, you'd find yourself somewhere back in the Dark Ages, at least.Subtract the achievements of these: Alexander the Great, Socrates, Hadrian, Richard the Lionhearted, Edward II, Saladin, Francis Bacon, Frederick the Great, Byron, Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, Willa Cather, E.M. Forster, Tchaikovsky, Marcel Proust, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Julius Caesar, Pope Julius... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Life's Song Set to Poetry Apr 20, 2009
A few of those talented American poets include Phyllis Wheatley, Langston Hughes, Anne Bradstreet, May Swenson, William Blake, Maya Angelou, Paul Laurence Dunbar, James Weldon Johnson, Robert Frost, Walt Whitman and Gwendolyn Brooks ... Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, New York on May 31, 1819 ... In addition to creating poetry, Walt Whitman also wrote fiction such as short stories and magazine articles. (Suite101.com)
JOE ORSO: Leaving newspapers for land Apr 19, 2009
And I feel stirred by words such as those in Song of the Open Road by Walt Whitman. The earth never tires. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Library corner 4-16 Apr 16, 2009
In the decade before the Civil War, Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln ; one a Democrat and the other a Republican ; struggled with the existence of slavery and the overwhelming racism of their audiences. The program is free and open to the public. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
A librarian shares her poetry picks for young and old Apr 13, 2009
The CD included with this print collection includes rare selections from the beginning of recorded sound, including "The Charge of the Light Brigade" as read by Lord Alfred Tennyson, and Walt Whitman reading "America," as well as more recent selections from writers like Jack Kerouac and Sylvia Plath. Poetry lovers will cherish this collection; those who are less familiar with it may find that the voices of the authors give the works a whole new resonance and meaning. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Easter: Among other things, the return of the light Apr 12, 2009
I plan to picnic on public access buttes, to lie in the grass of flattop buttes and gaze indolently into the sky, to "loaf and invite my soul," as the poet Walt Whitman phrased it. We formulated a handful of observations from 3,000 feet. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Michael Winship: Abraham Lincoln's legacy 144 years later Apr 11, 2009
Lincoln was assassinated 144 years ago on Good Friday, and so Waterston is appearing on Bill Moyers Journal this week to read excerpts reflecting the ways in which Lincoln s image has evolved and has been interpreted by great American writers from Nathaniel Hawthorne and Walt Whitman to Delmore Schwartz and Allen Ginsberg. Featured with Waterston is historian Harold Holzer, who has written, co-written or edited 22 books about Lincoln, including The Lincoln Anthology, published by the Library of... (Medfield Press, MA)
Literary treasures Apr 9, 2009
Standard Journal Online - News. The upper valley's newspaper since 1888. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
The Final Word Apr 8, 2009
By Craig Wilson, USA TODAY. The charms of poetry have long been lost on me. (USA Today -- Life)
National Poetry Month in the Histor... Apr 4, 2009
Although poetry is usually associated with English or Language Arts classes, the impact of poetry has been a vital part of history and societies reactions to historical events, from Tennyson s Charge of the Light Brigade to Walt Whitman s Beat ... In 1865 Walt Whitman wrote Oh Captain. (Suite101.com)
Walt Whitman and Transcendentalism Mar 29, 2009
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking explores Walt Whitman's ideas regarding the cyclical nature of time and the notion of humanity's interconnectivity. Drawing from the Transcendental belief in the divine potential of nature and humanity, Walt Whitman s poem introduces the reader to the observations of a child, who witnesses the loss of love and life through the plight of two birds who inevitably became only one ... Allen, Gay Wilson, A Reader s Guide to Walt Whitman, New York: Syracuse... (Suite101.com)
Famous dead people Mar 25, 2009
You probably don t have the time to peruse what Walt Whitman, Buddha, Charles Darwin, Julia Child and the other dead celebs are doing on Twitter. But I do. (The Palm Beach Post)
College Reading Lists Mar 24, 2009
Consider reading works of some of the following poets: Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou, Sylvia Plath, and Geoffrey Chaucer. After reading several poems think how the poets use language, themes, and flow of the verses to convey their thoughts. (Suite101.com)
Four to be inducted into Georgia Writers Hall of Fame Mar 23, 2009
His first book, ;Shooting Rats at the Bibb County Dump,; was selected by Robert Penn Warren as winner of the 1979 Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets. His ;Armored Hearts: Selected and New Poems; was named by the Center for the Book as one of the top 25 books all Georgians should read. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Catching up with Lawrence Ferlinghetti Mar 20, 2009
A: Walt Whitman, of course. He gave voice to the people and articulated an American populist consciousness. (San Francisco Chronicle)
High-minded mining of Bob Dylan Mar 20, 2009
And the Oxford Book of American Poetry prints the lyrics to "Desolation Row" - yes, it's on my iPod - alongside Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. Attention must be paid. (Boston Globe)
David Brooks: The commercial republic Mar 18, 2009
Walt Whitman got America right in his essay, "Democratic Vistas." He acknowledged the vulgarity of the American success drive. He toted up its moral failings. (International Herald Tribune)
This almost-chosen,almost-pregnant land Mar 17, 2009
Rorty writes that [John] Dewey and his soulmate Walt Whitman "wanted [their] utopian America to replace God as the unconditional object of desire. They wanted the struggle for social justice to be the country's animating principle, the nation's soul". He quotes favorably the lines of Whitman. (Asia Times Online)
