Reading Whitman While White
It is only by holding Whitman accountable for all of his language that we can also love other parts of his language and poetics.
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Join NOW!It is only by holding Whitman accountable for all of his language that we can also love other parts of his language and poetics.
...moreThe richly historied form of the sonnet is a powerhouse for holding the past.
...moreAttention—where it is, where it is not—pervades If the House.
...moreLessley’s poems remind us: “Because to cry’s / a sign, to cry is proof, / there’s life.”
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