Walking With Whitman – Barbara Ann Branca and Bryan Gallo

Walking With Whitman featuring Barbara Ann Branca and Bryan Gallo, part of WWBA’s poetry in performance signature series. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/rBQGOGwMyow WWBA is delighted to present the 11th season of Walking […]

Composers Meet Whitman

WWBA is proud to introduce our Walt Whitman Music Archive. Composers Meet Whitman featured Daron Hagen, H. Paul Moon, George Mallis, and Gilda Lyons. Event Video Link:  https://youtu.be/YrwkxiV7ae8 WWBA presents “Composers Meet […]

Adelphi Composers Meet Whitman

Student composers from Adelphi visited the Birthplace to “Meet” Whitman Event Video Link: https://youtu.be/h4PPcnGNUc8

Walking With Whitman with Diane Frank

Friday May 6th, Walking With Whitman will feature publisher Diane Frank of Blue Light Press and the new anthology NYC FROM THE INSIDE, featuring 179 poets and 360 pages of […]

2022 Poet-in-Residence Natasha Trethewey

WWBA is delighted to share the distinguished voice of Pulitzer Prize-Winning Natasha Trethewey.  She was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 2012 and 2013. In her second term as United States […]

2022 Student Poetry Awards

Walt Whitman Birthplace Association is delighted to announce our 36th annual Student Poetry Contest. 2022 Poet-In-Residence Natasha Trethewey will officiate the afternoon. GRAND CHAMPIONS 2022 Category Name Poem School Category […]