Tag Archives: Existential Crisis

Connectedness in a Post 9/11 World

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Lindsey Stewart

This week, we focused on Whitmanian influence in a post 9/11 world, and the complications that ensue when trying to reconcile Whitman’s optimism and ideas of connectedness in an America that seems to have been tarnished and mutated.  As many … Continue reading →

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Neruda as a Whitmanian

Posted on October 1, 2010 by James Hess

This week we dived into the work of some Latin American poets, but the one that stood out the most to me personally was Neruda’s. As per usual, we discussed the various ways in which Neruda’s work could be considered … Continue reading →

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“Because I have dared to open my mouth to sing at all”

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Marco Frey

Channeling Anarchy through Whitman Specimen 4: The Burden of Witness “The suicide sprawls on the bloody floor of the bedroom,“   Song of Myself, 8 “What is absent makes the world what it is.” History of the Always Pain, Jennifer Militello … Continue reading →

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“To find me now will cost you everything.”

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Marco Frey

Channeling Anarchy through Whitman Specimen 1: The Ghost of Whitman In his 1980s poem, “Whitman“, Larry Levis sings the displaced Whitman. By the 80′s The State had taken Whitman and made him “required reading in high schools” only for inhibited … Continue reading →

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