Poetry enthusiasts can celebrate the works of Walt Whitman later this month during an evening of food, short films and live performances at the Venice Island Performing Arts Center. MORE EVENTS Arts ...

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The U.S. Postal Service is honoring the 200th anniversary of the birth of Walt Whitman with a new stamp in its Literary Arts series, "commemorating the life, work and words of the poet some revere as ...

Louisiana’s history is full of stories about creative geniuses who come here and find their lives changed forever by what they see. Artist John James Audubon arrived in Louisiana in 1821 and ended up ...

Quote of the Day: Walt Whitman, a renowned American poet, championed independent thinking. His words urge readers to question ...

Since we are about three weeks in time from both Memorial Day and Independence Day and close to Flag Day on June 14, it’s a good time to reflect upon these American holidays through the words of ...

Back in September, we posted on a Curtis Lovell Meets Walt Whitman: Listening Party, as part of the Calamus Project. Now that the musical side of the project has wrapped up, it’s time for the poetic ...

When Walt Whitman wrote “Song of Myself” in the mid-19th century, he couldn’t have known he would inspire two composers from the 20th to make actual songs from his verses. Ned Rorem and Leonard ...

Over these weeks of social distancing, many of us have felt a craving for human connection. The author Mark Doty has a suggestion for a place to turn - the words of Walt Whitman. MARK DOTY: He so ...

Poet Walt Whitman died March 26 at his home in Camden, New Jersey. He was 72. Whitman’s friends Thomas B. Harned and Horace L. Tranbell and his physician Alexander McAlister were with him when he died ...