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Walt Whitman at 200

Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

May 31, 2019 marks the 200th birthday of the iconic American poet, Walt Whitman. Below, we highlight a few works by and about Whitman from our collection.

Complete Poetry and Prose by Walt Whitman; Justin Kaplan (Editor)
Call Number: PS3200 .F82 1982
Publication Date: 1982

The publisher asserts that this is "the most comprehensive volume of Walt Whitman (1819-1892) ever published. It includes all of his poetry and what he considered his complete prose."

Walt Whitman's Selected Journalism by Walt Whitman; Douglas A. Noverr (Editor); Jason Stacy (Editor)
Call Number: PS3203 .N68 2014
Publication Date: 2015-

Long before he was a celebrated poet, Walt Whitman was a working journalist. By the time he published the first edition of Leaves of Grass in 1855, Whitman had edited three newspapers and published thousands of reviews, editorials, and human-interest stories in newspapers in and around New York City. Yet for decades, much of his journalism has been difficult to access or even find. For the first time, Walt Whitman's Selected Journalism thematically and chronologically organizes a compelling selection of Whitman's journalism from the late 1830s to the Civil War.

The Wound Dresser by Walt Whitman, John Adams (composer), Orchestra of St. Luke's, Sanford Sylvan (baritone)
The poetry of Walt Whitman has frequently been put to music by prominent composers including Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Weill and Paul Hindemith. John Adams' The Wound Dresser employs excerpts from Walt Whitman's poem about his own experiences as a hospital volunteer during the Civil War. Adams' work was given its debut here in Minnesota by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in 1989.

Leaves of Grass and Selected Prose by Walt Whitman; Lawrence Buell
Call Number: PS3200 .F81
Publication Date: 1981

Of Whitman's masterpiece, Leaves of Grass, the critic Harold Bloom wrote: "If you are American, then Walt Whitman is your imaginative father and mother, even if, like myself, you have never composed a line of verse. You can nominate a fair number of literary works as candidates for the secular Scripture of the United States. They might include Melville's Moby-Dick, Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Emerson's two series of Essays and The Conduct of Life. None of those, not even Emerson's, are as central as the first edition of Leaves of Grass."

When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer by Walt Whitman; Loren Long (Illustrator)
Call Number: EASY -- 2ND FLOOR Wh
Publication Date: 2004

Leave time for wonder. Walt Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" is an enduring celebration of the imagination. Here, Whitman's wise words are beautifully recast by illustrator Loren Long to tell the story of a boy's fascination with the heavens. Toy rocket in hand, the boy finds himself in a crowded, stuffy lecture hall. At first he is amazed by the charts and the figures. But when he finds himself overwhelmed by the pontifications of an academic, he retreats to the great outdoors and does something as universal as the stars themselves... he dreams.

Walt Whitman Reconsidered by Richard Chase
Call Number: PS3231 .C47 1955
Publication Date: 1955

A well-reviewed reappraisal of Whitman which was published in 1955 to coincide with the centennial of Leaves of Grass.

Ryan Vine Wins 2019 NEMBA for Poetry

Congratulations to Ryan Vine, who has won the 2019 Northeast Minnesota Book Award for poetry!

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