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Whitman, Neruda, and Earth’s Indifference
In 1856, Walt Whitman wrote “The Poem of Wonder at the Resurrection of the Wheat,” with the prospect of the destructive Civil War looming in the distance. This poem would later be called “This Compost,” and exemplifies Whitman’s classic crisis … Continue reading
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An Ecocritical Look at Whitman and Neruda: Some Initial Thoughts
In my final paper, I will explore the ecocritical relationship between Walt Whitman and Pablo Neruda (and maybe William Carlos Williams?). Relative to the exhaustive of the body of scholarship that has been done on Whitman and Neruda, not much … Continue reading
Catalogues: Spahr vs. Whitman
In the aftermath of 9/11, I think a lot of people in the United States felt a profound sense that the senseless murders of thousands of people on American soil by terrorists was one of the worst things that ever … Continue reading
Whitman’s Cameos
I love it when Walt Whitman makes a cameo in a poem. Reading about Whitman’s skills on the b-ball court in Sherman Alexie’s “Defending Walt Whitman” reminded me of Allen Ginsberg’s trip to the grocery store in “A Supermarket in … Continue reading
Uncle Walt
I really love reading the Whitman Blog every week, but lately I’ve noticed a trend among Whitman Nation: as the weeks go by, our posts seem to get more and more serious. I’d like to take a more lighthearted step … Continue reading
“Indescribable Magnetism”: Allen Ginsberg, Edgar Allan Poe, and Walt Whitman
A lot has been said about Walt Whitman’s influence on Allen Ginsberg, but who would have thought that Whitman could perfectly capture the future characteristics of Ginsberg so eloquently in his depiction of Edgar Allan Poe? In “Edgar Poe’s Significance,” … Continue reading
Whitman and Hughes: An Identity Deferred?
While reading Langston Hughes’s work, I saw him uniting different voices and experiences, much like Walt Whitman. However, I think that Hughes takes a very crucial next step toward a transcendence of the need to categorize identities, where Whitman celebrates … Continue reading
A Father and Son’s Road-Trip and Walt Whitman
Writer for the Detroit Free Press, David Crumm and his son, Benjamin, took a coast-to-coast road trip this summer in search of American values and the reasons why Americans love their country. They wrote a series of articles from every … Continue reading
The Walt Whitman Symphony
In order to get the full Walt Whitman experience, I have to read his poetry out loud. I find that I can more successfully understand his words when I can say or hear them. I have often wondered what it … Continue reading
