Youth Speaks for Social Justice, hosted by Suffolk County Teen Poet Laureate, is a spoken-word performance event and competition focused on social justice issues as a fundraiser to help address […]

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 […]

You are invited to a special event! Come see a staged reading of AMERICAN POET: WHITMAN’S WARNINGS, a bold new play revealing Walt Whitman’s creative genius amidst national crises. Register […]

Stop in on Wednesday, June 14th, between 1:00 and  4:00PM, for the opening of our new Father's Day Exhibit.  Many Whitman biographers have portrayed Walt’s father as a drunken, cruel […]

Join us Saturday, June 17th, and Sunday, June 18th, for New York State's Path Through History! Walt Whitman Birthplace Association will have old fashion toys from the era of Walt's […]

Join us in-person on Sunday, June 25th at 3:00PM to celebrate Deborah Hauser, the newly appointed Suffolk County Poet Laureate.  The ceremony will include the passing of the "Poet Laureate's […]

Join Us on ZOOM for the 2023 Gwenn A. Nusbaum/WWBA Poets to Come Award Ceremony on Wednesday, July 12 at 7:00PM EST to celebrate Scholarship Honoree, Susan Nguyen. Susan Nguyen […]

Join us on Sunday, July 16th, on ZOOM for our first program in WWBA 2023 Series: Legacy of Long Island’s First Peoples - Walt Whitman & Native Americans featuring Ed […]

The Hogwarts Express is making a special journey this July to the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association. This Harry Potter-themed tour takes place in the home Walt Whitman himself was born […]

Discover the Role Whitman Played in the Chinese Modern Poetry Revolution Poet, essayist, and translator Wang Jiaxin presents Whitman’s influence in China and introduces contemporary Chinese poetry. He reads his […]

Join us on Thursday, August 17th, for the second event in our WWBA 2023 Series: Legacy of Long Island’s First Peoples: Eugenics Study Of Long Island’s Native Americans featuring Dr. John Strong, […]

Walt Whitman Birthplace Association (WWBA) presents  “Walking With Whitman: Poetry in Performance.”  The signature series, now in its 13th season, continues to bring the most intriguing figures in contemporary literature […]