Calling All Students! Use your poetic voice to tell us about the “multitudes” contained within you. ENTRY DEADLINE: March 17, 2023 Awards Ceremony: Sunday, June 4, 2023, 12:00 noon at […]

Join us in-person or Livestream on YouTube @WaltWhitmanBirthplace - March 24th, 7:00 - 8:30PM David Mills reads from his poetry collection, Boneyarn, and shares his poems and narratives about three prominent […]

Poetry Scholarship - Ages 25–35! Walt Whitman Birthplace Association (WWBA) invites applications for the annual Gwenn A. Nusbaum / WWBA “Poets To Come” Scholarship Award. The $1500 scholarship is offered […]

Walt Whitman Birthplace Association (WWBA) presents  “Walking With Whitman: Poetry in Performance,” hosted by Writer-in-Residence George Wallace. The signature series, now in its 13th season, continues to bring the most intriguing […]

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 […]

Sponsored by Humanities NY - Six Wednesday evenings, 6:00-7:30PM - April 12, 19, 26 & May 3, 10, 17  (2023)  - ZOOM only Theme - "Land, Liberty & Loss: Echoes […]

Sponsored by Humanities NY - Six Wednesday evenings, 6:00-7:30PM - April 12, 19, 26 & May 3, 10, 17  (2023)  - ZOOM only Theme - "Land, Liberty & Loss: Echoes […]

Sponsored by Humanities NY - Six Wednesday evenings, 6:00-7:30PM - April 12, 19, 26 & May 3, 10, 17  (2023)  - ZOOM only Theme - "Land, Liberty & Loss: Echoes […]

Carry a poem with you on April 27th to share with family and friends. Submit your poem in your pocket and it will be featured here, on our website. We will […]

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 […]

Please join us on Saturday, April 29th, as Walt Whitman Birthplace Association Celebrates 2023 Long Island Poet of the Year, Paula Camacho. Join us in person at WWBA for an […]

Sponsored by Humanities NY - Six Wednesday evenings, 6:00-7:30PM - April 12, 19, 26 & May 3, 10, 17  (2023)  - ZOOM only Theme - "Land, Liberty & Loss: Echoes […]