View this email on a browser Forward to a friend May 31, 2019 Today is Walt Whitman's Bicentennial   Walt Whitman was born 200 years ago today, and organizations across the country, and the world, are taking this opportunity to celebrate his life and work. Take a look at this resource page featuring Whitman's poems, essays, and ephemera alongside essays and poems by poets engaging with his legacy.

"Song of Myself"   Read Whitman's iconic poem from the 1891–92 version of Leaves of Grass. Discover more Whitman 200 resources. Read about Whitman's life. Read 100+ poems by Whitman. Photographs of Walt Whitman   Walt Whitman is thought to have been the most photographed writer of his time. He famously told Horace Traubel in 1888, "I have been photographed, photographed, photographed, until the cameras themselves were tired of me." "The Ceaseless Rings of Walt Whitman" by Langston Hughes "Taking a Walk through Leaves of Grass" by Allen Ginsberg "The 'l' Is Another" by Anne Waldman Khaled Mattawa on Whitman's Democratic Vistas   In this 2019 essay, Mattawa considers Whitman's relationship to democracy and its importance today.   The Academy of American Poets is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038