Walt Whitman

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Dr. Andrew Rimby's Dissertation, "The Pool of Narcissus: Walt Whitman's Homoerotic Poetics"

Dr. Andrew Rimby's Dissertation, "The Pool of Narcissus: Walt Whitman's Homoerotic Poetics"

You can watch my presentation for FREE on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47SeHV2zouw&t=2s Tha... Read more

17 Jul 2023

1hr 5mins

Whitman and Wilde Part 1: Walt Whitman in New York, 1855

Whitman and Wilde Part 1: Walt Whitman in New York, 1855

The New York world that Walt Whitman knew as a young man in the 1850's was really two cities - that of New York (which w... Read more

13 Jun 2023

52mins

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Celebrating Andrew's "Walt Whitman and Queer Theory" with Jack Parlett!

Celebrating Andrew's "Walt Whitman and Queer Theory" with Jack Parlett!

Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! ⁠patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Thi... Read more

29 May 2023

52mins

Literary Chiswick and Walt Whitman

Literary Chiswick and Walt Whitman

Nick Hennegan is in the Cross Keys Pub in Hammersmith, London W6 and looks at some of the famous local writers and celeb... Read more

27 May 2023

29mins

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Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the highly influential American poet Walt Whitman. In 1855 Whitman was working as a prin... Read more

25 May 2023

49mins

Ernest Shackleton & Walt Whitman

Ernest Shackleton & Walt Whitman

Our contestants and famous folks are breaking barriers on today's episode! We wax poetic and Ernest Shackleton stops by ... Read more

26 Oct 2022

33mins

Unrequited: The Famous Authors Who Crushed On Walt Whitman

Unrequited: The Famous Authors Who Crushed On Walt Whitman

Walt’s Leaves of Grass finally got published in the U.K. and was…routinely ridiculed by everyone. But two famous authors... Read more

10 Sep 2022

54mins

Leaves of Grass and Leaves of Ass: Walt Whitman's Little Black Book

Leaves of Grass and Leaves of Ass: Walt Whitman's Little Black Book

Walt Whitman not only captured American culture and spirit in sweeping verse in his poetry collection Leaves of Grass; h... Read more

8 Sep 2022

1hr

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman ~ Full Audiobook

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman ~ Full Audiobook

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman audiobook. American poet Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, is a collection of poems notabl... Read more

28 Aug 2022

17hr 52mins

On Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass"

On Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass"

“These United States are themselves the greatest poem.” When Walt Whitman wrote this line, he was an unknown Brooklyn ne... Read more

5 Aug 2022

38mins

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