During the Civil War era, the writer emerged as an emblem of the country’s dissonance. Now, in the midst of another all-consuming national crisis, his work feels uncannily relevant. By Jesse Green SIX ...

The lesson we find in Walt Whitman is a reminder of the complexity of the individual, and how we can find succor in art even when its maker is deeply imperfect. Louis Vuitton shirt, price on request, ...

Louisiana’s history is full of stories about creative geniuses who come here and find their lives changed forever by what they see. Artist John James Audubon arrived in Louisiana in 1821 and ended up ...

Looking back on the Civil War in his 1882 “Specimen Days & Collect,” Walt Whitman reflected that “the real war will never get in the books.” He had tried, in “Drum-Taps” (1865), a collection of poems ...

Several places, including Long Island, Washington, D.C., and Brooklyn, can legitimately lay claim to Walt Whitman. Given that Whitman spent his final 19 years in Camden, we should hail this New Jersey ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham discusses his new book, The Specimen Days, which comes out today. The novel, comprised of three stories, takes place in three different time periods, ...

American poet Walt Whitman was born 200 years ago on May 31, 1819. His Leaves Of Grass has been called the most important book of American poetry ever. Yet in 1855, he could barely give it away.