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It is no discredit to Walt Whitman that he wrote Leaves of Grass, only that he did not burn it afterwards.
They’re so easy to slide into ... It’s the opposite of [the HBO series] ‘The Wire.’ You can come home from a long day’s work and within seconds, you’re clued into what’s going on. They are dramatic in a fundamental way we can all understand. Who hasn’t dreamed of finding a first edition Walt Whitman at a garage sale or in grandma’s attic? It’s the magic of finding pirate treasure.
To teach about the likes of Long Island native Harvey Milk and poet Walt Whitman into our history classes and talk about the great contributions that gay Americans have made to our historyMore quotes »
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Inflatable rats protest nonunion workers
with the people who perform the labor. It's independent." Castellane noted the rodents were also near a house of worship on Walt Whitman Road, not just Racanelli headquarters."The rodents have a mind of their own," Castellane said. "A lot of them are very Read more »
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National chains that do it right
Walt Whitman Rd., Huntington Station 631-271-9777, legalseafoods.com There's one branch of Legal Sea Foods on Long Island , at Walt Whitman Shops in Huntington Station . It ranks among the more dependable seafood houses in either Nassau or Suffolk .Reliable Read more »
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Cops: Suspect stole iPhone from Apple store
Stoppers and the Second Precinct Crime Section are looking for a man who stole an iPhone in March from the Apple store at the Walt Whitman Shops in South Huntington , Suffolk County police said Wednesday.Police also released photographs of the suspect taken Read more »
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County gives boost to Walt Whitman mall expansion
to expand the Walt Whitman mall in South Huntington received a boost today from Suffolk County.The board of directors of the county's industrial development agency gave preliminary approval for $3 million in tax breaks over the next 10 years.The mall's owner, Read more »
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'Sheds the Meds' event in Huntington Station
the Meds pharmaceutical disposal event will be held Thursday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. during a health and wellness fair at Walt Whitman High School in Huntington Station.Residents are asked to bring expired or unused medication to the event for safe disposal.Residents Read more »
Around the web
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Happy 193rd Birthday, Walt Whitman!
May 31, 1819 Walt Whitman was born in Huntington, Long Island (which has been in the news lately for less auspicious reasons). From there, the second of nine children grew up to become one of the America's greatest wordsmiths, not to mention arguably the patron from Gothamist Read more »
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Shoshana Greenberg: It's All Worth It: Talking With Composer Joshua Schmidt
him. Schmidt also remarked: "Of all great American literary figures, perhaps there is no one more peculiar an individual than Walt Whitman. Unabashed in expressing his own identity, his sexuality, his rejection of traditional poetic structure, Whitman seems from The Huffington Post Read more »
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Birthday from the vault: Walt Whitman
Whitman, one of America’s greatest poets, was born on this day in 1819. That would make him how old …? Doesn’t matter, his poetry lives on, and like any great work of art remains as fresh and alive today as it did when it was first published. The above, taken from Melville House Publishing Read more »
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Happy Birthday, Walt Whitman!
natural world streaming out of the poem. Then visit the Walt Whitman Archive, where you can listen to an audio recording of Walt Whitman himself, reciting four lines from “America,” his voice preserved from more than 100 years ago on a wax cylinder. Happy from About.com: Poetry Read more »
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Perfumados Prados do Meu Peito - Walt Whitman
mas não perdura, Mas tu perdurarás. Trad. José Agostinho Baptista in Rosa do Mundo 2001 Poemas para o Futuro, Assírio Alvim Walt Whitman (n. emn West Hills, Huntington on Long Island, New York, 31 mai 1819 – m. 26 mar 1892) Ler do mesmo autor, nest blog: To from Nothingandall Read more »
