Leaves of Grass
by Walt Whitman (also rec’d by Bob Dylan , Bruce Springsteen , Lisa Simpson & Maya Angelou )
Buy on AmazonWhitman’s poetry defines what is American and not European in our national literary tradition. Its originality and humane stance have a healing function, which is what he so deeply desired. Whitman was more than our greatest poet. I would go so far as to nominate him as Abraham Lincoln’s only rival for greatest American.
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"Whitman’s poetry defines what is American and not European in our national literary tradition. Its originality and humane stance have a healing function, which is what he so deeply desired. Whitman was more than our greatest poet. I would go so far as to nominate him as Abraham Lincoln’s only rival for greatest American."
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"The summer always makes me want to pick up Leaves of Grass for a while and sit on the front porch. I come away happier."
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