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Censorship: Howl & Tropic of Cancer readings 7/8- 7/9/11
Image via Wikipedia B.J. SPOKE GALLERY CELEBRATES FILTH IN WALT WHITMAN COUNTRY B.J. Spoke Gallery, 299 Main Street Huntington, NY, 631-549-5106. bjspokegallery.com. B.J. Spoke Gallery in Huntington,...
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Poet Walt Whitman’s Birthday is May 31st: Celebrate in Silence
Walt Whitman is one of my favorite poets. I like to remember his birthday, which is on May 31st, and falls on a [Thursday for 2012 and Friday for 2013] this year. There are some events and...
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Ray Bradbury dies at age 91
Ray Bradbury, author and science fiction legend, has died at age 91. Story at Reuters: here. Onthewilderside’s Ian Wilder comments that Ray Bradbury was a visionary, like HG Wells. I, too, have great...
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Boog City 75: 2012 Election Issue
If you’re looking for some new reading material, the online pdf of Boog City 75, our 2012 Election mini-issue, is now available. You can read it at: http://www.boogcity.com/boogpdfs/bc75.pdf Thanks,...
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Super Poem Sunday on Super Bowl Day
2016 Super Poem Sunday on Super Bowl Day. Information about the 2016 Long Island event at the Walt Whitman Birthplace: here. 2011 Super Poem Sunday: Three champs Football Poem links and Archival Post...
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Poet Walt Whitman was born on Long Island, New York, on May 31, 1819. Below are some videos and ideas about how everyone can celebrate this wonderful poet, thinker, and experimenter of language on his...
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Walt Whitman Marathon, May 21, 2016
from Canio’s Cultural Cafe “Starting from fish-shape Paumanok where I was born, … I strike up for a New World.” – Walt Whitman Join us to celebrate Long Island’s great American poet, Walt Whitman....
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How To Celebrate Walt Whitman’s Birthday
Two Walt Whitman(s) at Canio’s book store. 2016. Poet Walt Whitman was born on Long Island, New York, on May 31, 1819. Onthewilderside proposes a national holiday for Whitman’s birthday. Below are some...
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Photos & Video: Whitman’s Leaves of Grass Marathon May 21, 2016
The full post with all the information about the Canio’s Books marathon reading of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass on May 21, 2016 can be found here. Scott Chaskey (Sag Harbor’s Walt Whitman) reading...
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Karl Grossman endorses Walt Whitman holiday
from Suffolk Closeup: Remembering Whitman by Karl Grossman LIer Darrel Ford as Whitman reading at Canio’s Leave of Grass marathon 052116 Suffolk County Green Party activists Ian and Kimberly Wilder,...
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EA Poe reading 10/30/16 in Riverhead
Kimberly and Ian Wilder will be reading Edgar Allan Poe’s poetry on Sunday, October 30, 2016 from 2pm to 4pm at Vines & Hops, 127 E Main St, Riverhead, NY 11901. Other local writers who are part of...
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