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    A Whitman Tribute

    Eamon Grennan: Matter of Fact (Graywolf) Major Jackson: Hoops (Norton) Pattiann Rogers: Wayfare (Penguin) Three poets join us on Bookworm to celebrate Walt Whitman. They read from Leaves of Grass, describe Whitman's influence on their work, read their own poems, and, in general, paint a raucous, friendly, informal portrait of the Good Gray Poet — America's greatest.

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    By Michael Silverblatt • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

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      Eamon Grennan

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      Major Jackson

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      Pattiann Rogers

      author, 'Wayfare'

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