Walking With Whitman: Poetry in Performance

 

Walt Whitman Birthplace Association (WWBA) presents Walking With Whitman: Poetry in Performance, hosted by Writer-in-Residence George Wallace.

The signature series, now in its 15th season, continues to bring the most intriguing figures in contemporary literature on the national scene paired with local poets on the Walt Whitman stage.

Event begins at 7:00pm. Light refreshments served. 

There is a $12 entry fee for this event that will be collected at the door (no registration is required)

Performers

No Land (b. 1991) is a poet, artist and filmmaker whose work continues in the lineage of the downtown NYC avant garde— honoring an intuitive vow towards creation. Her art evokes reverence for mystery in the forms of her paintings, drawings, poet-performances with musicians, photographic works, and films. Born in NYC & devoted to its histories, she has been guided by spirit encounters with downtown artists, poets, elders and activists.

Pramila Venkateswaran, poet laureate of Suffolk County, Long Island (2013-15), is the author of many poetry volumes, the most recent being We Are Not a Museum, winner of New York Book Festival award and Exile is Not a Foreign Word (Copper Coin 2024). Tamil Dalit Feminist Poetics (Rowman and Littlefield 2024) is her latest book of literary criticism. She is the co-director of Matwaala: South Asian Diaspora Poetry Festival.

Linda Sussman is an award-winning singer-songwriter whose mix of alt-folk and blues digs deep into our shared human experience. Her vocals are often compared to Joan Baez, while her self-taught guitar style leans into open tunings, unique fingerpicking and a bit of acoustic slide. Linda has played numerous stages over the years, ranging from the Long Island Music Hall of Fame and New York City’s iconic The Bitter End to smaller venues such as Radio Bean in Burlington, VT. Since 2018, she has released five albums with her studio musicians and was thrilled to see her music top the Roots Music Report’s alt-folk charts more than once! Her music is played on radio stations across the US and abroad. As KTAL radio host Ron Cooke says: “Linda makes music worth listening to. She makes the personal universal and the universal personal.” Check out her website at LindaSussman.com.
May 2, 2025
7:00 pm
9:30 pm