Tag: Walt Whitman

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Gay New York: An Interview with Artist Nicholas Buffon

By Valentine Conaty Posted Oct 3, 2019

Nicholas Buffon discusses capturing gay history and New York’s “decayed and changing present” in his exhibition at Poets House, on view through November 30.

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Announcing Fall 2019: Ballads, Poetry & Science, Halpern & Howe Celebrations, and More!

Posted Sep 13, 2019

At Poets House this fall: workshops, readings, talks & performances with Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Mahogany L. Browne, Daniel Halpern, Robert Hass, Fanny Howe, and more.

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Walt Whitman Coming Your Way: 2019 Poetry Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge

By Suzanne Wise, Staff Writer Posted May 31, 2019

Hear the words of Walt Whitman in the year of his 200th birthday, along with other poets celebrating NYC, on this annual poetic pilgrimage in support of Poets House.

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Writing and Teaching in a Time of Crisis with Kay Ulanday Barrett

By Kay Ulanday Barrett Posted May 10, 2019

Kay Ulanday Barrett describes June Jordan’s legacy and their mission as “a transgender brown poet and educator to imagine beyond hazardous constraints of binaries.”

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Audio Roundup: Epic Voices & Tributes to Influential Poets

Posted Apr 2, 2019

Listen to Bernadette Mayer, Dorianne Laux, Kwame Dawes, and Matt Madden on the long poem, and hear about the legacies of June Jordan, Walt Whitman, and Gerrit Lansing.

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Writing and Teaching in a Time of Crisis: Lessons from June Jordan with Bill Zavatsky

By Bill Zavatsky Posted Mar 28, 2019

Writer and educator Bill Zavatsky discusses June Jordan’s “For the Sake of People’s Poetry: Walt Whitman and the Rest of Us” and the legacy of both poets.

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Writing & Teaching in a Time of Crisis: Lessons from June Jordan with Taiyo Na

By Taiyo Na Posted Mar 15, 2019

Poet, musician & educator Taiyo Na explores June Jordan’s legacy, touching on basketball, activist songwriting & teaching as “an act of creating sanctuary.”

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Poetry of the City with Walt Whitman

By Rigoberto González Posted Jan 2, 2019

Rigoberto González explores the poem “Mannahatta,” Whitman’s ode to “a skyline made of iron and cement.”

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