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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 […]
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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 […]
I Love My Park Day
Help the “Leaves of Grass” grow! Roll up your sleeves and participate in outdoor spring cleanup of the Walt Whitman Birthplace, as part of a statewide initiative to maintain parks. […]
Intersections of the Harlem Renaissance and Langston Hughes
As part of our Intersections: African American Voices of Democracy Series, WWBA welcomes creative scholars to discuss the poetry, life, and legacy of Langston Hughes and connections to poetry by […]
Intersection of Poet Jupiter Hammon & Long Island History
WWBA collaborates with community members to interpret Jupiter Hammon’s poetry in historical contexts. Hammon (1711-ca. 1806) is known as a founder of African-American literature. Born into slavery, Hammon published his first poem, “An Evening Thought. Salvation by […]
Announcing Hua Xi as “Poets To Come” Scholar
The Gwenn A. Nusbaum / WWBA Poets To Come Scholarship Committee has selected Hua Xi (they/she) as the 2022 Scholarship recipient. Walt Whitman Birthplace Association (WWBA) founded the Gwenn A. Nusbaum / WWBA “Poets […]
Poetry Reading with Nancy Keating & Deborah Hauser
Join us in person on July 27, 2022 at 7PM for a poetry reading with Nancy Keating and Deborah Hauser, and open mic night. Open Mic – Registration at the door, […]
Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site Time Capsule
Walt Whitman Birthplace Association will be burying a Time Capsule on Friday, August 5, 2022, at 1PM at the Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site. The ceremony will also commemorate […]
Walking With Whitman – with Bruce Johnson and Nicholas Samaras
Walt Whitman Birthplace Association (WWBA) presents Poetry in Performance: Walking With Whitman, hosted by Writer-in-Residence George Wallace. The signature series continues to bring the most intriguing figures in contemporary literature on the […]
Walking With Whitman – With Robert Gibbons And Doreen (DD.) Spungin
Signature Series “Poetry in Performance: Walking With Whitman” – Live Poetry Readings Walt Whitman Birthplace Association (WWBA) presents Poetry in Performance: Walking With Whitman, hosted by Writer-in-Residence George Wallace. The signature series, […]
Land, Liberty, and Loss – Humanities New York Six Week Reading & Discussion Series – via ZOOM
Six consecutive Thursday evenings starting October 13th, 6:30 – 8:30PM EST WWBA is delighted to present our Fall Humanities Book Series, “Land, Liberty, and Loss” focusing on the land and liberties […]