leaves of grass

• 'Leaves of Grass' Edward Weston's Photos Illustrate Whitman's Epic Poem

PORTLAND -- In early 1941, Edward Weston was asked by the Limited Editions Club of New York to take photographs to illustrate its deluxe edition of Walt Whitman's epic poem "Leaves of Grass. Although he balked at first, Weston was drawn by the opportunity the project offered to travel cross-country and visit parts of the United States he had never seen.

• Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
• December 19, 2010

• A Trip Across the Weston United States ; the Portland Museum Mounts an Exhibit of Rare Images From Legendary Photographer Edward Weston's Cross-Country 'Leaves of Grass' Project.

Starting today, Mainers can take a cross-country road trip and only travel as far as the Portland Museum of Art. Weston: Leaves of Grass" opens on the museum's second floor and runs through March 13. It features 53 photographs shot by the legendary Edward Weston (1886-1958). Each of the rarely exhibited black-and-white images in the show was produced in 1941, when Weston embarked on a trip across America to illustrate Walt Whitman's epic poetry book, "Leaves of Grass.

• Portland Press Herald
• December 30, 2010

• 'Leaves of Grass': Photographs by Edward Weston Capture the Essence of Walt Whitman's Epic Poem the Pma Exhibit Is Up Through March 13

PORTLAND -- Edward Weston, one of America's most innovative and influential photographers, traveled cross country to capture America's culture and spirit of the 1940s. His goal was not to photograph the nation's untouched beauty.

• Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
• February 23, 2011

• Poetic licentiousness: what does the president see in 'Leaves of Grass'?

Bill Clinton Pres Clinton is an obvious admirer of the Walt Whitman poem, 'Leaves of Grass,' having given copies to his wife and Monica Lewinsky. The poem depicts an everyman who is constantly becoming one with the body politic.

• Reason
• Vol. 30 Nbr. 3, July 1998

• Telling Stories of Gardeners, Eras

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers,where I can walk undisturb'd. - Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass

• The Washington Times
• June 24, 2011

• Exhibit Celebrates 'Leaves of Grass': ; Scholars Marking 150th Anniversary of the Original Edition of Whitman's Masterpiece

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Every year, high school poetry students are introduced to Walt Whitman with a thud, the sound of his seminal work, "Leaves of Grass," hitting their desks. Revised and expanded over four decades, the final collection runs hundreds of pages. This year, Whitman devotees and scholars are celebrating the 150th anniversary of the original 1855 edition, the concise masterpiece of just 12 poems that pushed the boundaries of social decency and of poetry itself. By rejecting the rigid structures of British meter, Whitman offered readers free-spirited bursts of consciousness that forever changed American poetry.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• December 10, 2005

• Author Recommends 14-State Hike From Georgia to Maine

Seeing "The Nutcracker Ballet." Touring the Smithsonian. Reading "On the Road" and "Leaves of Grass." Hearing "Jailhouse Rock. There aren't very many cultural experiences, in the end, that are all-but-required for adult Americans.

• Buffalo News
• May 05, 2010

• Composting Helps Keep Leaves, Grass Out of Landfills

In a recent column I read that grass and leaves in clear bags put out with recycle bins actually end up in a landfill rather than being recycled. Is this accurate? If so the organic need not be separated from other trash! As a resident and homeowner I want to support recycling and green practices. - Jane Martin, Virginia Beach

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• May 03, 2009

• The Walt Whitman Controversy

Folsom and Loving discuss the relationship between two of America's legendary writers--Samuel Clemens, better known under his famous pseudonym as Mark Twain, and Walt Whitman--and examine the controversy of Whitman's Leaves of Grass, a collection of poems in which Clemens was worried about due to its sexual frankness. Because the Leaves of Grass fell "within the provisions of the Public Statutes respecting obscene literature," its publisher decided to ban the it.

• Virginia Quarterly Review, The
• Vol. 83 Nbr. 2, April 2007

• Changing Minds with Art

For his latest work, [John Gutoskey] filled up with Walt Whitman's "Calamus" poems from "Leaves of Grass" given to him by his partner, Peter Sparling, 12 years ago. The poems drew controversy upon their 1855 release for their celebration of "manly love of comrades.

• Between the Lines; Livonia
• October 11, 2011