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Book Talk with Maire Mullins about Hannah Whitman Heyde
Book Talk with Maire Mullins about Hannah Whitman Heyde: The Complete Correspondence. Event Video Link: https://youtu.be/JeGhha6Lj5w
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Intersection: Jazz and Free Verse with Dudley Music, Ashley Kahn, and E. J. Antonio
WWBA’s new series Intersections: African American Voices of Democracy’s first event, Intersection: Jazz and Free Verse with Dudley Music, Ashley Kahn, and E. J. Antonio. E.J. Antonio received fellowships in Poetry from the New York Foundation […]
Walking With Whitman featuring Martin Espada, Denis Gray, and Josie Bello
Another installment of Walking With Whitman featured Martin Espada, Denis Gray, and Josie Bello. Event Video Link: https://youtu.be/uMFeUpvLySY
WWBA’s Long Island Poet of the Year 2022: Matt Pasca.
Walt Whitman Birthplace Association's 2022 Long Island Poet of the Year - Matt Pasca. Each year, WWBA honors a notable Long Island poet as WWBA Long Island Poet of the […]
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 […]
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, […]