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A Merloyd Lawrence book Dover thrift editions Great courses (DVD) Prennial ClassicsVan Sise, B. A.
Summary: "With this fascinating synthesis of word and image, internationally renowned photographer B.A. Van Sise offers a visually stimulating anthology that will enchant lovers of both poetry and photography. At times whimsical, surreal, challenging, enigmatic, joyful and sobering, these portraits--running adjacent to poems by each of their subjects--highlight some of the most influential poets of our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schaffner Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 779.2 VANDoty, Mark
Summary: "Effortlessly blending biography, criticism, and memoir, National Book Award-winning poet and best- selling memoirist Mark Doty explores his personal quest for Walt Whitman. Mark Doty has always felt haunted by Walt Whitman's bold, new American voice, andby his equally radical claims about body and soul and what it means to be a self. In What Is the Grass, Doty-a poet, a lover of men, a New...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOTY, MARK DOTMatteson, John
Summary: "Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Matteson illuminates three harrowing months of the Civil War and their ineradicable legacy for America. In December 1862, the Battle of Fredericksburg shattered Union forces and threatened to break apart Abraham Lincoln's government. Five extraordinary individuals experienced Fredericksburg's cataclysmic repercussions - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Walt...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 MATOliver, Mary
Summary: A collection of essays follows the author as she contemplates the pleasure of artistic labor; her boundless curiosity for the flora and fauna that surround her; and the responsibility she has inherited from the great thinkers and writers of the past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 OLIWhitman, Walt
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.3 WHIWhitman, Walt 1819-1892
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Publisher / Publication Date: David R. Godine 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.3 WHIBrandeis, Gayle.
Summary: A woman who supports her family by selling her yard-sale and self-storage auction acquisitions, Flan Parker embarks on a life-changing odyssey of self-discovery and awareness after bidding on a mysterious box that is empty except for the word "yes."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRAMartin, Justin.
Summary: "In the shadow of the Civil War, a circle of radicals in a rowdy saloon changed American society and helped set Walt Whitman on the path to poetic immortality. Rebel Souls is the first book ever written about the colorful group of artists-- regulars at Pfaff's Saloon in Manhattan--rightly considered America's original Bohemians. Besides a young Whitman, the circle included actor Edwin Booth;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Poetry MartinKaplan, Justin.
Summary: Chronicles the life of poet Walt Whitman, discussing his passions, poetry, and androgynous sensibility.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WHITMAN, WALT KAPWhitman, Walt
Summary: A collection of poetry, letters, and prose by Walt Whitman that were inspired by the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.3 WHIAdams, John
Contents: Short ride in a fast machine (4:05) -- The wound-dresser (19:19) -- Berceuse eĺeǵiaque (9:27) -- Shaker loops (25:28).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Naxos 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL ADAReef, Catherine.
Summary: A biography of Walt Whitman, whose poetry in "Leaves of Grass" reflected the great changes that took place in nineteenth-century America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 1995
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB WHITMAN REESummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005