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. […]
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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 […]
African American voices for democracy: intersection of community and literary voices
As part of our Intersections: African American Voices of Democracy Series, WWBA reprises the successful Favorite Poem Project created by US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky. Community members of all ages […]
Walking With Whitman – Live Poetry Reading with Writer-in-Residence George Wallace
Walt Whitman Birthplace Association (WWBA) presents Poetry in Performance: Walking With Whitman, hosted by Writer-in-Residence George Wallace. The signature series, now in its 12th season, continues to bring the most intriguing […]
POETS BUILDING BRIDGES Boricua NYC, Costa Rica, NYC/.Brevitas
George Wallace and Walt Whitman Birthplace proudly present season two of POETS BUILDING BRIDGES: A TRIANGULATION PROJECT, inaugurated in March 2022 with the purpose of enhancing dialogue between communities of […]
