Long before the current wave of book banning targeted titles including “The 1619 Project” and “Everywhere Babies,” Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” was banned from libraries across the United States.
Untapped Cities: See a First Edition of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass at Morgan Library and Museum New Exhibit
See a First Edition of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass at Morgan Library and Museum New Exhibit
Hyperallergic: When Edward Weston Took Photographs for Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass'
Although the book was a failure, Edward Weston considered his 1941 photographs for Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' as some of his best work. Edward Weston, “Mr. and Mrs. Fry of Burnet, Texas” (1941), ...
Title page and frontispiece spread of the first edition of Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: [printed for the author by Andrew and Thomas Rome], 1855 (courtesy of the Grolier Club, ...
2011.12.52.9a: A copy of Selections from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman with an attached bookmark (2011.12.52.9b). It is a faux, brown leatherbound hardcover book with a sewn binding. The book has ...
Iowa City Press-Citizen: Newly discovered novel shows Walt Whitman finding his way to 'Leaves of Grass'
Newly discovered novel shows Walt Whitman finding his way to 'Leaves of Grass'
The Conversation: Guide to the classics: Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass and the complex life of the ‘poet of America’
Guide to the classics: Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass and the complex life of the ‘poet of America’
"I lean and loafe at my ease... observing a spear of summer grass." This summer marks the 150th anniversary of Walt Whitman's exuberant free-verse work Leaves of Grass. Published in July 1855, the ...