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Artist Allen Crawford brings Whitman's undying text to new life in gorgeous hand-lettering and illustrations, transforming the 60-page poem originally published in 1855 as…

— Maria Popova

“I shouldn't be shocked to learn about Whitman. Should know by now not to trust anybody." "That's not a very Lovey thing to say."…

— Julie Cantrell

“Be composed--be at ease with me--I am Walt Whitman, liberal and lusty as Nature, Not till the sun excludes you do I exclude you,…

— Walt Whitman

“I would think if you were going to quote Whitman you'd go for something not taken from Leaves Of Grass. Especially if you're going…

— Leah Clifford

“Whitman's poems present no trace of rhyme, save in a couple or so of chance instances. Parts of them, indeed, may be regarded as…

— Walt Whitman

The major poets of New Jersey have all suffered, whether it's Whitman, who lost his job for 'Leaves of Grass,' or William Carlos Williams,…

— Amiri Baraka

“So then he tried saying the grass is green and the sky is blue and so to propitiate the austere spirit of poetry whom…

— Virginia Woolf

The English tourist in American literature wants above all things something different from what he has at home. For this reason the one American…

— Virginia Woolf

“[Leaves of Grass is] monstrous because it pretends to persuade the soul while it slights the intellect; because it pretends to gratify the feelings…

— Henry James

Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" is still in print. They're debating right now over Mark Twain. He's still available. Winslow Homer can still be…

— Wynton Marsalis

“Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Leaves of Grass. 1900. To You WHOEVER you are, I fear you are walking the walks of dreams, I fear these…

— Walt Whitman

“What would Walt Whitman do?”

— Garth Risk Hallberg