Websites
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Here's a useful bio from the Academy of American Poets.
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Check out his original docs here.
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Check out some pretty extreme silliness here.
Video
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Here's an animated version of Whitman reading the poem. It's… well, a bit odd.
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Here's an animated version of Whitman's "The Sleepers." You will love or hate it—nothing in between.
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Check out one of the premiere critics of poetry, Harold Bloom, lecturing on Whitman.
Audio
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Do you dig it?
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Writer Richard Rodriguez lays his interpretation on us (scroll down to find it).
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Warning: this recording is old-timey central and you may have to save the file to listen to it.
Images
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This image comes from the first edition of Leaves of Grass.
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Here he is, the best beard-haver in the history of time.
Articles and Interviews
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Check out some thoughts on "I Hear America Singing" by the good folks at Modern American Poetry.
Books
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We firmly believe every American should have a copy of this baby.
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Here's everything you ever wanted to know about our dude and his time but were afraid to ask.
Movies & TV
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Here's a PBS documentary on Mr. W.W.