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On July 4, A Celebration Of Walt Whitman's Irreverent Hymnal

For "This Week's Must-Read" poet Rowan Ricardo Phillips turns to Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, the man who first heard America singing.

On July 4, A Celebration Of Walt Whitman's Irreverent Hymnal

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Robert Hass: On Whitman's 'Song Of Myself'

Song of Myself was included in Walt Whitman's major work, Leaves of Grass. Whitman paid for the publication of the first edition himself. Three Lions/Getty Images hide caption

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Robert Hass: On Whitman's 'Song Of Myself'

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Robert Hass, the former poet laureate of the United States, explores one of Walt Whitman's most iconic poems, Song of Myself — and shares his opinion about why the poem still resonates 155 years after it was written.

Robert Hass: On Whitman's 'Song Of Myself'

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'Leaves of Grass' Still Growing, Inspiring

Author Diane Ackerman writes that Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass is an epic journey of self-discovery. He began with a microscopic eye focused on a leaf of grass, and then stretched his mental eye out to the beauty of the farthest nebulae.

'Leaves of Grass' Still Growing, Inspiring

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