Walt Whitman Birthplace

James P. Wagner (Ishwa) was recently named the United States Beat Poet Laureate 2020-2021. He is also the president of Long Island’s Bards Initiative, founder and operator of Bards Against Hunger and publisher for Local Gems Press. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/HGPJdhbryUs Traditional Japanese Poetry (Waka) has a rich history of collaborative poetry. When more than one […]

Virtual Open Mic Night featuring: Mary Makofske, Maggie Bloomfield, Bill Ratner, Emily-Sue Sloane, and J R Turek. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/AVTFgoz73Gs

Walking With Whitman: Poetry in Performance Featuring Octavio Quintanilla and Wayne Mennecke! With Musical Performance by Rorie Kelly! Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/ji9AzwudV4k Season 10 of Walking With Whitman! (see links for performers and WWBA below). Join 2018-2020 Poet Laureate of San Antonio, TX Octavio Quintanilla, 2017 recipient of the New York State Senator Phil Boyle “Teacher of […]

Jayne’s Hill Hike with Andrew Rimby: a guided hike to the highest point on Long Island to see the hike Walt Whitman took when visiting his childhood home in Long Island, New York. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/Cdn7g_NjetI Walt Whitman Birthplace Association is delighted to present a guided hike with Andrew Rimby on Jayne’s Hill; the highest […]

Karen De Mauro’s workshop on Performing Poetry: teaching approaches to performing poetry to embodying the unique voice of each particular poem. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/wFZLbCKzxO4 WWBA is delighted to welcome Karen De Mauro, Artistic Director of The Acting Center in New York City. De Mauro focuses on teaching students to approach poetry performances with the goal […]

Jack Coulehan, MD discusses The Talking Cure, his latest book publication. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/PD05Nra1K6M WWBA is delighted to welcome Emeritus Professor of Medicine and WWBA Board of Trustees President Jack Coulehan for a reading of his recently released book "The Talking Cure". (See below for links mentioned in this video). Author Cortney Davis writes: […]

Susana H. Case’s “Dead Shark on the N Train” has questions of gender and violence threaded throughout her poems. Jami Macarty’s “The Minuses” is an ecofeminist book of poems, concerned with endangerments to women and ecology. Dayna Patterson’s “If Mother Braids a Waterfall” is a book obsessed with motherhood and daughterhood, ancestry, and transition—of home, family, faith, […]

A reading with Long Island poet and stellar friend to the arts Russ Green. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/wJd_tVo4VAs WWBA is delighted to present a featured reading with Long Island poet and stellar friend to the arts Russ Green. Green describes his poetry as “edgy and bold, introspective and vulnerable while exploring truths, both political and societal, […]

“Whitman, Race, & Racism”, a discussion with Distinguished Whitman Scholar and Professor Ed Folsom, Ph.D. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/D18TAJvASKs WWBA is delighted to present “Whitman, Race, & Racism”, a discussion with Distinguished Whitman Scholar and Professor Ed Folsom, Ph.D. This historical program focuses on Whitman, a Civil War era poet, who proclaimed his love for democracy […]

Poetry reading with George Wallace, Writer in Residence at the Walt Whitman Birthplace. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/1kuN26pJmiw WWBA is delighted to present a featured reading with George Wallace: Writer in Residence at the Walt Whitman Birthplace, first poet laureate of Suffolk County NY, former laureate of the International Beat Poetry Festival and author of 31 chapbooks […]

Poetry reading with Maggie Bloomfield, author of the poetry books Trains of Thought (Local Gems Press) and Sleepless Nights (Finishing Line Press). WWBA is delighted to present a reading with poet and Emmy-winning lyricist for Sesame Street Maggie Bloomfield. She is reading from her new poetry collection "Sleepless Nights" and some more recent poems during the quarantine. Event Video Link:  […]

Yoga, meditation, and poetry with Christina M. Rau from the grounds of Walt Whitman Birthplace. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/unEqf4GknFs WWBA is delighted to present Meditation and Yoga with Christina M. Rau. On a chair or on a mat, you can join in for a gentle session of meditation, yoga, and a little bit of poetry listening. Breathe […]