Walt Whitman Birthplace

Stop in on Wednesday, June 14th, between 1:00 and  4:00PM, for the opening of our new Father's Day Exhibit.  Many Whitman biographers have portrayed Walt’s father as a drunken, cruel and financially unsuccessful man who forced his family to relocate all over Long Island and Brooklyn as he found building work. They believe that Walt […]

Join us Saturday, June 17th, and Sunday, June 18th, for New York State's Path Through History! Walt Whitman Birthplace Association will have old fashion toys from the era of Walt's childhood for children to play with as well as videos showcasing the way of life from that time.     The Whitman family roots on […]

Join us in-person on Sunday, June 25th at 3:00PM to celebrate Deborah Hauser, the newly appointed Suffolk County Poet Laureate.  The ceremony will include the passing of the "Poet Laureate's twig" from the current Suffolk County Poet Laureate, Dr. Richard Bronson. It will also include a poetry reading by Deborah Hauser.   Deborah Hauser Poet, […]

Join Us on ZOOM for the 2023 Gwenn A. Nusbaum/WWBA Poets to Come Award Ceremony on Wednesday, July 12 at 7:00PM EST to celebrate Scholarship Honoree, Susan Nguyen. Susan Nguyen is a poet currently based in Arizona whose debut collection, Dear Diaspora, won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in 2021. As a full-time Senior Editor for […]

Join us on Sunday, July 16th, on ZOOM for our first program in WWBA 2023 Series: Legacy of Long Island’s First Peoples - Walt Whitman & Native Americans featuring Ed Folsom, Whitman Scholar and Sandi Brewster-walker, Executive Director of the Montaukett Indian Nation & Government Affairs Officer. This is a ZOOM only event.  Walt Whitman’s […]

The Hogwarts Express is making a special journey this July to the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association. This Harry Potter-themed tour takes place in the home Walt Whitman himself was born on May 31, 1819 (come to think of it, Walt does look suspiciously like Dumbledore, doesn't he?). The house has Quidditch brooms, the "real leaky […]

Discover the Role Whitman Played in the Chinese Modern Poetry Revolution Poet, essayist, and translator Wang Jiaxin presents Whitman’s influence in China and introduces contemporary Chinese poetry. He reads his own poetry along with Chinese/English readings by Wang Yin, Jialu Mi, Jiaoyang Li, Liang Jing, Xie Jiong, and Zhang Shiran. “During the era of the […]

Join us on Thursday, August 17th, for the second event in our WWBA 2023 Series: Legacy of Long Island’s First Peoples: Eugenics Study Of Long Island’s Native Americans featuring Dr. John Strong, PhD. This event is Zoom only. Eugenics is the discredited 19th century pseudoscience dedicated to “perfecting” humanity by limiting the reproductive rights of those deemed […]

Walt Whitman Birthplace Association (WWBA) presents  “Walking With Whitman: Poetry in Performance.”  The signature series, now in its 13th season, continues to bring the most intriguing figures in contemporary literature on the national scene paired with local poets on the Walt Whitman Stage. Friday, September 1st, Walking With Whitman will feature Armenian poet Lola Koundakjian, […]

Join us at the Walt Whitman Birthplace for an open mic night, Y.A.W.P.: Young Artists and Writers Party, Thursday, September 14, 7:00 to 9:00PM. Come share your poetry, prose, short plays, music, and visual art with other like-minded creatives. Performances are on a first come, first served basis. Performers may come up on stage, briefly […]

WWBA is delighted to present our Fall Humanities Book Series, The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of US History by Ned Blackhawk. A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essential to understanding the evolution of modern America. The most enduring feature of U.S. history is […]

Join us on Thursday, September 21st, for our 3rd program in WWBA 2023 Series: Legacy of Long Island’s First Peoples, Long Island Native Americans' Boarding School Experience featuring Marguerite Smith, Esq.  See below for ZOOM link and information. The Indian Boarding School Movement began with the missionary and charity Indian schools in the New England region in […]