Summer Reading (Book 2) – Walt Whitman’s America

So as I talked about before, I went to check out Walt Whitman‘s birthplace on Long Island last week.  The house itself was cool to see, but I found the small exhibit concerning the nine different iterations of Leaves of Grass the most interesting portion of the tour/visit.  So much so, in fact, that I bought myself a biography to start reading for this summer.

I’ve never read a biography before, so this is a new type of reading, but so far it has really held my interest.  I’ll openly admit both before reading what I’ve read so far and visiting his birthplace, I really had little knowledge of Whitman or his writing.  For those who don’t know already, I’ve learned that Whitman was not only a poet but also worked with newspapers and for a few years was a school teacher around Long Island.

I’ll save more of my discussion of this book for after I finish it this summer and write up a review.  I hope everyone out there is doing well and enjoying their summer.  Stay cool everyone whose around a heatwave like myself today.

Stephen R.

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Really brief catch up. More to come.

So unfortunately, I spent the past week at a house with no access to Internet on my computer. I spent the past week reading and checking out various things, including the Arboretum on Long Island that I took several pictures of that were on my twitter feed. I’ve also been trying to visit with my grandparents most days and got an old collection of Tennyson poems as a gift.

I’m going to keep this particular post short because honestly I’m tired. I just wanted to have a brief update on why I haven’t posted. I hope you are all doing well.

Stephen R.

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