Walt Whitman Birthplace

Poetry reading and music with John L. Wright, MD and Linda Sussman. WWBA is delighted to present a live poetry reading with Physician and Poet John L. Wright with Singer-Songwriter Linda Sussman. The evening focused on poetry exploring humanity’s relationship and place among the fauna and flora of the natural world. Event Video Link: https://youtu.be/pwlM1kpBA0s John L. […]

Walking With Whitman featuring poets Rommi Smith and Deborah Hauser with musician Rori Kelly to continue our 11th year in this signature series. Event Video Link: https://youtu.be/_uuTCrPbF4M WWBA is delighted to present the 11th season of Walking With Whitman, hosted by Writer-in-Residence George Wallace.(All links mentioned in this video are below). The signature series continues to bring the most intriguing figures […]

Virtual “meet the artists” reception for YAWP, WWBA’s group art exhibition on view in person through January 7, 2022. An exhibition featuring local artists’ interpretations of Section 52 from Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”. "The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and my loitering. I too am not a bit tamed, I too […]

WWBA invites you on an international journey for Walt Whitman's 202nd Birthday Celebration! Watch "Leaves of Grass" video readings and view Whitman-inspired artwork. Please see the links mentioned in this video below. Thank you to everyone that contributed to this celebration. Event Video Link: https://youtu.be/57UK9ePkh-0

Every Hour, Every Atom, a Pride Month discussion about Whitman’s notebooks. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/S-6nqjbkXh4 WWBA is delighted to celebrate Pride Month with a panel discussion about Walt Whitman’s notebooks. This program highlights two different kinds of collaborative projects involving transcriptions: the scholarly edition Every Hour, Every Atom: A Collection of Walt Whitman’s Early Notebooks […]

Celebrating Richard Bronson, MD, Suffolk County’s 2021-2023 Poet Laureate with music by Linda Sussman and a poetry reading. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/_eiN-Lc5ags The committee of former Poet Laureates of Suffolk County, Long Island Poetry Collective, and the Suffolk County Legislature announcing the incoming Poet Laureate and presenting an award to Richard Bronson, MD. WWBA Writer-in-Residence George Wallace, the […]

A master class and workshop with Forrest Gander, WWBA 2021 Poet-in-Residence. Event Video Link: https://youtu.be/_AffMX7qCp4 This event was made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the governor’s office and the New York State Legislature and is administered by The Huntington […]

“To Bryant, The Poet Of Nature”: A Virtual Walking Tour with Andrew Rimby about Walt Whitman and William Cullen Bryant’s Transcendental Relationship. Event Video Link: https://youtu.be/7q16YqGdr4U A live historic and literary virtual tour with PhD Candidate Andrew Rimby! See the Cedarmere House & Estate, Nassau County Museum of Art, & Historic Roslyn. "To Bryant, the Poet […]

Art and Poetry Virtual Workshop: Exploring the Relationship between Images & Words with Karen De Mauro and Caitlyn Shea. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/GWOXss1JdzI A virtual workshop exploring practices that combine imagery and text in compelling ways to deepen the expressive power of both. Find out how words and art change each other to make a new meaningful hybrid […]

Walking With Whitman featuring Gregory Leadbetter, Tom Stock, and Rorie Kelly.

Discuss about The Divine Comedy with Cliff Bleidner, WWBA’s 2021 LI Poet of the Year. Event Video Link: https://youtu.be/ShUmjoAU_pI Cliff Bleidner invites you to hitch a ride with Dante, Virgil, and Dante's beloved Beatrice through the realms of the next world in the year 1300. (All links mentioned in this video are below). Dante creates his own universe with […]

A six-part discussion series with WWBA Writer in Residence George Wallace about Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza - Exploring the emergent Latinx Literature of America's Southwestern Border.