Walt Whitman

In Need of Inspiration? Let’s Visit Some Heroes From Our Past.

When we think of contemporary heroes, figures we admire for their courage when confronted by physical danger or who defend goodness and justice at great personal sacrifice, we may remember ...

July 15, 2021BY Jeff Minick
Album Review: ‘Songs from Chicago’

The best of new albums recently released by classical singers is Thomas Hampson’s “Songs from Chicago,” on Cedille ...

November 10, 2018BY Barry Bassis
On Labor Day 2013, ‘Hear America Singing’ (Photo Gallery)

America has grown a bit since Walt Whitman first self-published 'Leaves of Grass' in 1855, and by Labor ...

September 2, 2013BY Mary Silver
The Antidote: A Reading of ‘A Farm-Picture’ by Walt Whitman

In Whitman’s poem we stare out of an ordinary barnyard door and the view is breathtaking and sublime.

April 4, 2013BY Christopher Nield