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Walt Whitman: a middle schooler at heart

Posted on May 31, 2013 by

Today is Walt Whitman’s birthday, so how appropriate that today was our “stalking day.” Each year, after exploring Whitman’s Song of Myself, I have my students go out into the school and the community, and play the flaneur, observing and … Continue reading →

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I stop somewhere waiting for you.

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

I love Walt Whitman. Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) He is indeed large, immense in his embrace of the world, others—his inclusion of all voices and people inside the … Continue reading →

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