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Profile: Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass"

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From: Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR)
Date: 20050703
Author:LIANE HANSEN

LIANE HANSEN
Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR)
07-03-2005
Profile: Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass"

Host: LIANE HANSEN
Time: 12:00 Noon-1:00 PM

LIANE HANSEN, host:

In 1855, a book of poetry appeared that captured the soul of America and expanded the possibilities for all poetry.

Mr. ROBERT PINSKY: (Reading) I celebrate myself and what I assume you shall assume, for every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

HANSEN: Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" was the first great American poem and is being celebrated this year with a new 150th anniversary edition of the original. From New York, Tom ...

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