Walt Whitman: Facing West Premiere

A premiere of the short film Walt Whitman Facing West and a Q&A with filmmaker H. Paul Moon and Whitman impersonator Darrel Blaine Ford. Video of Walt Whitman Facing West:  https://youtu.be/nLS1LtFs6VM Q&A Video:  https://vimeo.com/471530682 A cinematic […]

Spoken word and CD launch with Mary C. M. Phillips

Spoken word and CD launch with Mary C. M. Phillips and friends. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/YcICDCiUdKg WWBA is delighted to present Spoken Word Reading with Mary C. M. Phillips. She recently launched […]

Walking With Whitman featuring Edgar Carlson

Walking With Whitman featuring Edgar Carlson. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/SbGUEEOpO5E WWBA is delighted to present Walking With Whitman: A Virtual Poetry Reading with Poet Edgar Carlson and Community Mic. Poets. […]

Whitman in Washington Book Release Event

Book Release: Professor Kenneth M. Price, PhD presents Whitman in Washington: Becoming the National Poet in the Federal City.  Event Video Link: https://youtu.be/25sIKKqOqZg WWBA is delighted to welcome Professor & Co-Director of Walt Whitman […]

Walking With Whitman – Larry Beckett and Ed Luhrs

Walking With Whitman Poetry in Performance series featuring Larry Beckett and Ed Luhrs with music by Bryan Gallo. Now in its 11th season! Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/70HEoWW2fdw Walt Whitman Birthplace Association (WWBA) is pleased […]

Walking With Whitman – Afric McGlinchey and Richard Bronson

Walking With Whitman Poetry in Performance series featuring Afric McGlinchey and Richard Bronson with music by Josie Bello. Event Video Link: https://youtu.be/b0dPRQr9NNg Walt Whitman Birthplace Association (WWBA) is pleased to present the 11th season of […]

O Captain! My Captain! Discussion

O Captain! My Captain! A discussion led by Dr. David S. Reynoldsand Dr. Barbara Bair about Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman. WWBA is delighted to present “O Captain, My Captain!”, a discussion about […]

Reading & Discussion Series – The Fire THIS Time

The reading and discussion series The Fire THIS Time, led by Indran Amirthanayagam, about race in America through the perspective of James Baldwin’s essays. Sponsored by Humanities New York CARES Grant […]

Corona: An Anthology of Poems – Live Poetry Reading

Poetry reading to celebrate the release of Corona: An Anthology of Poems edited by Gayl Teller, the Nassau County Poet Laureate for 2009-11 and the 2016 Walt Whitman Birthplace Poet of the Year. […]